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Adrenal insufficiency: Which Medications Are Safest? (98 Drugs Compared)

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98 medications are used for Adrenal insufficiency, with 1,243 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Adrenal insufficiency are HYDROCORTISONE and SOMATROPIN.

1,243
Total Reports
98
Drugs Used

All Medications for Adrenal insufficiency Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
HYDROCORTISONE Hydrocortisone Cream Intensive Healing 878 5,314 10,582 21.6%
SOMATROPIN Nutropin AQ NuSpin 10 76 1,350 4,957 2.0%
PREDNISONE prednisone 74 22,555 57,772 14.2%
FLUDROCORTISONE Fludrocortisone Acetate 62 77 468 6.5%
PREDNISOLONE Prednisolone Sodium Phosphate 53 13,159 32,883 16.3%
DEXAMETHASONE Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate 34 22,319 51,311 17.8%
HYDROCORTISONE\HYDROCORTISONE - 30 408 536 42.0%
METHYLPREDNISOLONE Medroloan II SUIK 28 12,828 26,552 20.1%
CLONAZEPAM Clonazepam 13 8,488 12,506 21.5%
METHOTREXATE Methotrexate 7 21,265 68,793 8.4%
TESTOSTERONE Testosterone 7 1,091 5,432 4.0%
RITUXIMAB Rituxan 6 28,910 54,631 16.2%
SOLU-CORTEF - 6 3 17 6.4%
CORTISONE Cortisone aceticum 5 3,244 4,537 29.1%
LEFLUNOMIDE Leflunomide 5 5,283 13,923 9.3%
PRASTERONE Androbalance 5 11 84 0.7%

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