Table 3.
Number of exposed patients | Percent of exposed patients | Number of all ADEsb | ADE incidence rate (per patient) |
Number of tachycardiab | Tachycardia incidence rate (per 100 patients) |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Promethazine | 103,960 | 36.15 | 7148 | 0.07 | 319 | 0.31 |
Chlorpheniramine | 42,277 | 14.70 | 2268 | 0.05 | 42 | 0.10 |
Alprazolama | 36,969 | 12.85 | 5292 | 0.14 | 399 | 1.08 |
Diazepama | 29,615 | 10.3 | 2112 | 0.07 | 124 | 0.42 |
Ranitidine | 17,962 | 6.25 | 2977 | 0.17 | 162 | 0.90 |
Brompheniramine | 17,238 | 5.99 | 1030 | 0.06 | 24 | 0.14 |
Amitriptyline | 10,357 | 3.60 | 2706 | 0.26 | 204 | 1.97 |
Atropine | 10,334 | 3.59 | 1140 | 0.11 | 43 | 0.42 |
Dicyclomine | 9499 | 3.30 | 1252 | 0.13 | 48 | 0.51 |
Hyoscyamine | 8566 | 2.98 | 1044 | 0.12 | 41 | 0.48 |
Diphenhydramine | 5956 | 2.07 | 481 | 0.08 | 16 | 0.27 |
Orphenadrine | 4316 | 1.50 | 308 | 0.07 | 15 | 0.36 |
Risperidonea | 2854 | 0.99 | 626 | 0.22 | 42 | 1.46 |
Carbinoxamine | 1803 | 0.63 | 89 | 0.05 | 2 | 0.10 |
Fentanyl | 1646 | 0.57 | 828 | 0.50 | 54 | 3.29 |
Imipramine | 1280 | 0.45 | 290 | 0.23 | 15 | 1.16 |
Loperamide | 1078 | 0.37 | 190 | 0.18 | 11 | 1.05 |
Clorazepatea | 735 | 0.26 | 112 | 0.15 | 10 | 1.30 |
Benztropine | 322 | 0.11 | 159 | 0.49 | 12 | 3.88 |
Chlorpromazinea | 272 | 0.09 | 60 | 0.22 | 5 | 1.97 |
Haloperidola | 203 | 0.07 | 82 | 0.40 | 8 | 3.81 |
Trihexyphenidyl | 118 | 0.04 | 52 | 0.44 | 3 | 2.52 |
Perphenazinea | 76 | 0.03 | 27 | 0.36 | 3 | 3.91 |
Thioridazinea | 24 | 0.01 | 7 | 0.30 | 1 | 2.48 |
Trifluoperazinea | 19 | 0.01 | 14 | 0.76 | 1 | 3.13 |
Agitation, irritability, and hallucinations were not included as eligible ADEs if a patient had any fills for antipsychotics or benzodiazepines.
Adjusted using baseline ADEs in the unexposed cohort.
ADE, adverse drug event; ATS, anticholinergic toxicity score.