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Babesiosis: Which Medications Are Safest? (54 Drugs Compared)

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54 medications are used for Babesiosis, with 315 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Babesiosis are ATOVAQUONE and AZITHROMYCIN.

315
Total Reports
54
Drugs Used

All Medications for Babesiosis Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
ATOVAQUONE Atovaquone 173 366 1,110 16.1%
AZITHROMYCIN AZITHROMYCIN 113 1,405 5,983 8.0%
CLINDAMYCIN XACIATO 90 986 5,320 5.8%
QUININE Chininum sulphuricum 70 961 526 49.6%
ATOVAQUONE\PROGUANIL - 45 13 190 1.8%
DOXYCYCLINE Doxycycline 39 1,653 5,618 9.3%
AZITHROMYCIN ANHYDROUS - 31 1,333 4,313 9.2%
DISULFIRAM Disulfiram 26 51 381 6.7%
MINOCYCLINE Minocycline Hydrochloride 13 1,530 2,364 23.2%
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE SULFATE 12 6,506 16,905 9.8%
TAFENOQUINE Arakoda 12 7 29 11.7%
RIFAMPIN Rifampin 11 1,439 5,764 10.8%
SULFAMETHOXAZOLE\TRIMETHOPRIM - 11 5,777 19,426 14.9%
CLARITHROMYCIN Clarithromycin 9 987 6,385 5.2%
DOXYCYCLINE HYCLATE Doxycycline Hyclate 8 1,164 1,650 19.1%
DAPSONE Dapsone 7 182 937 5.5%
NITAZOXANIDE Nitazoxanide 7 26 42 5.7%
QUINIDINE Quinidine Gluconate 6 42 91 13.0%
ARTEMETHER\LUMEFANTRINE - 5 14 140 4.8%
MEPRON - 5 4 9 11.4%

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