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Schizophrenia: Which Medications Cause It? (9,348 Reports Across 358 Drugs)

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Schizophrenia has been reported as an adverse event with 358 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 9,348 total reports. 446 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Schizophrenia are CLOZAPINE, OLANZAPINE, and ARIPIPRAZOLE.

9,348
Total Reports
358
Drugs Involved
446
Deaths
5,571
Hospitalizations
42.2 yrs
Average Patient Age
41.4% / 58.6%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Schizophrenia Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
CLOZAPINE 3,991 4.2% 251 2,908 74
OLANZAPINE 1,599 3.1% 127 931 16
ARIPIPRAZOLE 1,569 2.4% 129 770 14
RISPERIDONE 1,483 1.9% 135 793 42
PALIPERIDONE 1,361 3.3% 65 587 12
QUETIAPINE 1,048 1.4% 53 545 48
LURASIDONE 447 2.6% 41 87 2
DIAZEPAM 422 1.1% 27 374 37
HALOPERIDOL 410 2.6% 91 218 13
ZUCLOPENTHIXOL 409 17.0% 111 117 1
CLONAZEPAM 338 0.9% 9 305 43
ASENAPINE 324 11.3% 39 28 1
CARBAMAZEPINE 293 1.2% 30 270 28
ZIPRASIDONE 290 8.2% 39 20 1
ACETAMINOPHEN 287 0.2% 19 254 3
FLUPENTIXOL 228 19.9% 32 12 0
TRAZODONE 228 1.2% 0 222 1
LORAZEPAM 227 0.7% 81 180 40
PROCYCLIDINE 223 33.5% 1 223 30
TIPRANAVIR 217 53.9% 0 217 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Schizophrenia

3,991 reports
1,599 reports
1,569 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)