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Serotonin syndrome: Which Medications Cause It? (13,445 Reports Across 461 Drugs)

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Serotonin syndrome has been reported as an adverse event with 461 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 13,445 total reports. 841 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Serotonin syndrome are VENLAFAXINE, SERTRALINE, and FLUOXETINE.

13,445
Total Reports
461
Drugs Involved
841
Deaths
8,028
Hospitalizations
46.2 yrs
Average Patient Age
58.2% / 41.8%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Serotonin syndrome Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
VENLAFAXINE 1,632 3.4% 125 985 436
SERTRALINE 1,563 2.6% 140 1,000 368
FLUOXETINE 1,457 4.7% 81 817 360
DULOXETINE 1,352 2.6% 83 662 180
TRAMADOL 1,229 1.6% 61 668 277
BUPROPION 1,058 3.0% 24 799 199
ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 1,051 3.5% 46 589 258
QUETIAPINE 947 1.3% 83 697 247
TRAZODONE 831 4.3% 39 593 205
FENTANYL 778 0.8% 41 503 238
PAROXETINE 742 3.5% 45 528 151
MIRTAZAPINE 717 2.5% 47 472 185
ONDANSETRON 686 3.0% 5 499 141
CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE 685 2.5% 69 433 142
AMITRIPTYLINE 579 2.8% 27 377 166
ACETAMINOPHEN 525 0.4% 59 281 132
LAMOTRIGINE 506 1.1% 24 393 122
LINEZOLID 498 2.8% 16 225 88
ARIPIPRAZOLE 464 0.7% 19 350 114
OLANZAPINE 441 0.9% 51 328 104

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Serotonin syndrome

1,632 reports
1,563 reports
1,457 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)