Table 3

Suicides rates of patients taking antidepressants in primary care settings in the United Kingdom*

DrugSuicides/100 000 patients (and 95% CI)No. suicides/no. patients
Dothiepin70 (53–91)52/74 340
Lofepramine26 (8–61)4/15 177
Amitriptyline60 (41–84)29/48 580
Clomipramine80 (38–144)9/11 239
Imipramine47 (20–90)7/15 009
Doxepin69 (17–180)3/4329
Flupenthixol78 (43–129)13/16 599
Trazodone99 (31–230)4/4049
Mianserin166 (86–285)11/6609
Fluoxetine9311/11 860
Total excluding fluoxetine67132/195 931
  • Note: CI = confidence interval.

  • * From Jick et al.36