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Alopecia areata: Which Medications Are Safest? (94 Drugs Compared)

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94 medications are used for Alopecia areata, with 2,817 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Alopecia areata are BARICITINIB and RITLECITINIB.

2,817
Total Reports
94
Drugs Used

All Medications for Alopecia areata Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
BARICITINIB Olumiant 934 717 2,498 8.8%
RITLECITINIB Litfulo 670 1 47 0.1%
TOFACITINIB XELJANZ XR 640 7,847 21,976 5.0%
MINOXIDIL FLINKYE 5% Minoxidil Hair Growth 133 80 574 0.1%
TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE Triamcinolone Acetonide 69 1,874 3,276 11.2%
DUPILUMAB Dupixent 64 1,536 17,008 0.4%
METHOTREXATE Methotrexate 57 21,265 68,793 8.4%
RUXOLITINIB OPZELURA 44 10,908 14,461 16.0%
CLOBETASOL CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE 37 107 610 1.4%
TRIAMCINOLONE - 31 369 1,419 5.5%
PREDNISOLONE Prednisolone Sodium Phosphate 25 13,159 32,883 16.3%
UPADACITINIB Rinvoq 25 2,406 15,931 3.7%
PREDNISONE prednisone 21 22,555 57,772 14.2%
METHYLPREDNISOLONE Medroloan II SUIK 18 12,828 26,552 20.1%
CYCLOSPORINE Verkazia 16 9,332 14,257 13.7%
FINASTERIDE Finasteride 15 524 2,086 3.4%
EZETIMIBE\SIMVASTATIN - 13 127 634 6.5%
FEXOFENADINE Fexofenadine HCl 12 80 535 0.4%
APREMILAST Otezla 10 4,704 9,544 3.4%
CRISABOROLE Eucrisa 8 22 53 0.3%

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Most Reported Drugs for Alopecia areata

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