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Suicide attempt: Which Medications Cause It? (38,815 Reports Across 980 Drugs)

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Suicide attempt has been reported as an adverse event with 980 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 38,815 total reports. 1,420 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Suicide attempt are ACETAMINOPHEN, QUETIAPINE, and ARIPIPRAZOLE.

38,815
Total Reports
980
Drugs Involved
1,420
Deaths
23,575
Hospitalizations
37.8 yrs
Average Patient Age
61.7% / 38.3%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Suicide attempt Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
ACETAMINOPHEN 4,430 3.2% 157 3,013 1,068
QUETIAPINE 4,060 5.5% 118 2,183 1,182
ARIPIPRAZOLE 2,796 4.2% 58 1,525 320
ALPRAZOLAM 2,313 4.8% 81 1,373 479
IBUPROFEN 2,133 2.5% 36 1,403 526
OLANZAPINE 2,116 4.1% 81 1,046 463
SERTRALINE 1,998 3.3% 48 1,283 632
VENLAFAXINE 1,893 4.0% 53 1,181 549
RISPERIDONE 1,819 2.3% 70 794 239
DIAZEPAM 1,797 4.7% 57 797 309
AMLODIPINE 1,779 2.7% 90 1,374 796
CLONAZEPAM 1,507 3.8% 29 750 415
TRAMADOL 1,476 2.0% 85 690 320
FLUOXETINE 1,441 4.6% 28 1,022 400
LORAZEPAM 1,395 4.2% 40 1,081 361
ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 1,387 4.6% 31 796 390
OXYCODONE 1,384 0.7% 168 566 144
CLOZAPINE 1,279 1.3% 57 600 124
ZOLPIDEM 1,231 5.7% 26 665 357
LAMOTRIGINE 1,180 2.5% 11 818 292

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Suicide attempt

4,430 reports
4,060 reports
2,796 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)