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. 2024 May 9;47(8):745–757. doi: 10.1007/s40264-024-01431-7

Table 2.

RORs and IC for DRESS syndrome by class of antipsychotic and for individual antipsychotics

Drug n DRESS syndrome cases n all ADRs ROR Lower 95% CI Upper 95% CI IC Lower 95% CI Upper 95% CI
Antipsychotics 1,356 728,105 1.0 0.9 1.1 0.0 −0.1 0.1
 Atypical 1,224 595,520 1.1* 1.0 1.2 0.1* 0.0 0.2
 Typical 175 101,520 0.9 0.8 1.0 −0.2 −0.4 0.0
Typical antipsychotics
 Haloperidol 57 35,870 0.8 0.6 1.1 −0.3 −0.7 0.0
 Chlorpromazine 37 12,636 1.5* 1.1 2.1 0.6* 0.1 1.0
 Cyamemazine 23 5188 2.3* 1.5 3.5 1.2* 0.5 1.7
 Levomepromazine 13 5368 1.3 0.7 2.4 0.3 −0.6 1.0
 Loxapine 11 3775 1.5 0.8 2.8 0.6 −0.4 1.3
 Zuclopenthixol 11 4359 1.3 0.7 2.4 0.4 −0.6 1.1
 Perphenazine 6 3323 0.9 0.4 2.0 −0.1 −1.5 0.8
 Droperidol 5 2197 1.2 0.5 2.9 0.2 −1.3 1.2
Atypical antipsychotics
 Clozapine 800 184,094 2.3* 2.1 2.5 1.2* 1.1 1.3
 Olanzapine 152 71,859 1.1 0.9 1.3 0.1 −0.1 0.3
 Quetiapine 134 87,822 0.8 0.7 0.9 −0.3 −0.6 −0.1
 Risperidone 89 114,334 0.4 0.3 0.5 −1.3 −1.6 −1.1
 Aripiprazole 61 70,082 0.5 0.4 0.6 −1.1 −1.5 −0.8
 Lurasidone 23 13,145 0.9 0.6 1.4 −0.1 −0.8 0.4
 Ziprasidone 23 14,911 0.8 0.5 1.3 −0.3 −1.0 0.2
 Amisulpride 16 7725 1.1 0.7 1.7 0.1 −0.7 0.7
 Paliperidone 12 47,633 0.1 0.1 0.1 −2.9 −3.8 −2.2
 Sulpiride 7 4861 0.8 0.4 1.6 −0.4 −1.6 0.5
 Tiapride 7 1922 1.9 0.9 4.0 0.8 −0.4 1.7

RORs are considered statistically significant when the lower CI limit is > 1 and ICs are considered statistically significant when the lower CI limit is > 0

ADR adverse drug reaction, CI confidence interval, DRESS drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms, IC information component, n number, ROR reporting odds ratio

*Significant