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Acute respiratory failure: Which Medications Are Safest? (126 Drugs Compared)

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126 medications are used for Acute respiratory failure, with 489 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Acute respiratory failure are IBUPROFEN and GABAPENTIN.

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All Medications for Acute respiratory failure Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
IBUPROFEN equate ibuprofen 54 6,705 29,386 7.7%
GABAPENTIN Gabapentin 53 11,101 16,499 14.9%
METHYLPREDNISOLONE Medroloan II SUIK 39 12,828 26,552 20.1%
TOCILIZUMAB Tocilizumab-anoh 35 9,543 24,039 9.7%
DEXAMETHASONE Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate 34 22,319 51,311 17.8%
PIRFENIDONE PIRFENIDONE 30 8,895 7,004 23.4%
ALTEPLASE Activase 24 2,540 2,083 20.0%
DORNASE ALFA Pulmozyme 21 318 2,773 5.8%
REMDESIVIR Veklury 20 2,729 2,556 26.0%
FUROSEMIDE Furosemide 17 6,131 30,446 11.8%
TOBRAMYCIN TOBRAMYCIN 17 1,306 5,106 11.3%
VANCOMYCIN Vancomycin Hydrochloride 17 5,348 15,776 15.8%
CEFTRIAXONE Ceftriaxone 16 2,926 9,596 15.1%
AZITHROMYCIN AZITHROMYCIN 15 1,405 5,983 8.0%
LINEZOLID Linezolid 15 2,952 7,491 16.4%
PIPERACILLIN\TAZOBACTAM - 15 3,372 10,462 17.6%
LEVOFLOXACIN Levofloxacin 14 2,747 13,832 6.8%
ALBUTEROL Albuterol Sulfate 13 3,145 19,388 3.3%
IPRATROPIUM Ipratropium bromide 13 860 3,389 11.4%
PALIVIZUMAB Synagis 12 1,248 6,461 10.9%

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Most Reported Drugs for Acute respiratory failure

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