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Alopecia: Which Medications Are Safest? (227 Drugs Compared)

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227 medications are used for Alopecia, with 30,258 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Alopecia are MINOXIDIL and FINASTERIDE.

30,258
Total Reports
227
Drugs Used

All Medications for Alopecia Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
MINOXIDIL FLINKYE 5% Minoxidil Hair Growth 24,923 80 574 0.1%
FINASTERIDE Finasteride 3,180 524 2,086 3.4%
TOFACITINIB XELJANZ XR 558 7,847 21,976 5.0%
KETOCONAZOLE Ketoconazole 282 132 330 2.4%
DUTASTERIDE Dutasteride 224 485 1,066 12.2%
RITLECITINIB Litfulo 147 1 47 0.1%
PROPECIA - 141 5 46 1.5%
SPIRONOLACTONE spironolactone 119 1,809 11,611 8.6%
BARICITINIB Olumiant 118 717 2,498 8.8%
CLOBETASOL CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE 98 107 610 1.4%
DUPILUMAB Dupixent 95 1,536 17,008 0.4%
RUXOLITINIB OPZELURA 46 10,908 14,461 16.0%
BIOTIN CYPKEB 5% Minoxidil Hair Growth Sprays Serum 28 141 229 20.3%
FINASTERIDE\MINOXIDIL - 28 1 9 2.8%
METHOTREXATE Methotrexate 27 21,265 68,793 8.4%
TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE Triamcinolone Acetonide 24 1,874 3,276 11.2%
UNSPECIFIED INGREDIENT - 20 6,132 11,236 23.4%
CYPROTERONE - 19 42 296 5.4%
ESTRADIOL Estradiol 19 267 1,953 0.9%
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE SULFATE 18 6,506 16,905 9.8%

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