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Abdominal distension: Which Medications Are Safest? (213 Drugs Compared)

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213 medications are used for Abdominal distension, with 1,005 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Abdominal distension are DIMETHICONE\LOPERAMIDE and RANITIDINE.

1,005
Total Reports
213
Drugs Used

All Medications for Abdominal distension Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
DIMETHICONE\LOPERAMIDE - 98 8 55 0.1%
RANITIDINE Ranitidine 97 26,824 7,673 6.4%
METOCLOPRAMIDE metoclopramide hydrochloride 73 1,398 3,915 12.8%
RIFAXIMIN XIFAXAN 58 5,009 4,847 36.1%
DIMETHICONE Daily Moisturizing 57 38 178 6.3%
OMEPRAZOLE omeprazole sodium bicarbonate 55 8,515 19,847 9.8%
POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 3350 Polyethylene Glycol 3350, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Bicarbonate and Potassium Chloride - Unflavored 54 478 1,116 1.3%
LINACLOTIDE Linzess 39 358 756 2.7%
ESOMEPRAZOLE Esomeprazole Magnesium 28 7,030 15,221 9.3%
LOPERAMIDE Anti-diarrheal 27 1,551 4,298 8.6%
IOHEXOL Iohexol 23 298 1,604 5.1%
FAMOTIDINE FAMOTIDINE 18 441 1,410 5.3%
ACETAMINOPHEN Hydrocodone Bitartrate and Acetaminophen 16 30,085 50,046 22.0%
CALCIUM Calcium Gluconate 15 4,138 7,578 26.4%
FUROSEMIDE Furosemide 15 6,131 30,446 11.8%
PANTOPRAZOLE Pantoprazole Sodium 15 9,456 23,952 12.0%
PANCRELIPASE AMYLASE\PANCRELIPASE LIPASE\PANCRELIPASE PROTEASE - 14 2,245 4,214 13.7%
CIPROFLOXACIN Ciprofloxacin 13 2,671 13,894 6.1%
LANSOPRAZOLE Lansoprazole 13 6,896 12,277 11.3%
ALVERINE\DIMETHICONE - 12 19 106 11.9%

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Most Reported Drugs for Abdominal distension

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