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Psychomotor hyperactivity: Which Medications Cause It? (10,782 Reports Across 496 Drugs)

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Psychomotor hyperactivity has been reported as an adverse event with 496 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 10,782 total reports. 226 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Psychomotor hyperactivity are METHYLPHENIDATE, QUETIAPINE, and ARIPIPRAZOLE.

10,782
Total Reports
496
Drugs Involved
226
Deaths
3,088
Hospitalizations
41.9 yrs
Average Patient Age
52.8% / 47.2%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Psychomotor hyperactivity Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
METHYLPHENIDATE 617 2.0% 1 47 9
QUETIAPINE 412 0.6% 6 219 35
ARIPIPRAZOLE 389 0.6% 6 187 22
OLANZAPINE 366 0.7% 7 224 31
SERTRALINE 288 0.5% 5 160 25
MONTELUKAST 282 1.1% 0 29 9
RISPERIDONE 277 0.4% 7 153 19
LEVETIRACETAM 247 0.4% 6 110 2
VENLAFAXINE 214 0.5% 1 145 19
LEVOTHYROXINE 211 0.3% 0 29 14
LORAZEPAM 197 0.6% 5 104 14
ALPRAZOLAM 196 0.4% 0 117 18
CARBIDOPA\LEVODOPA 196 0.3% 8 103 2
DULOXETINE 191 0.4% 18 67 7
LISDEXAMFETAMINE DIMESYLATE 190 1.1% 0 13 3
DIAZEPAM 173 0.5% 13 102 11
VALPROATE 167 1.1% 1 77 1
ACETAMINOPHEN 166 0.1% 20 71 22
LAMOTRIGINE 165 0.3% 0 82 7
HALOPERIDOL 161 1.0% 7 118 15

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Psychomotor hyperactivity

617 reports
412 reports
389 reports

Related Side Effects

Drug ineffective (1,049,718) Off label use (762,782) Death (660,423) Fatigue (599,248) Nausea (562,301) Diarrhoea (491,550) Pain (471,975) Headache (460,069) Dyspnoea (409,496) Dizziness (352,922)