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Blood cholesterol: Which Medications Are Safest? (141 Drugs Compared)

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141 medications are used for Blood cholesterol, with 6,552 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Blood cholesterol are ATORVASTATIN and ALIROCUMAB.

6,552
Total Reports
141
Drugs Used

All Medications for Blood cholesterol Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
ATORVASTATIN Atorvastatin calcium 1,722 4,992 24,078 6.3%
ALIROCUMAB Praluent 1,299 426 2,227 1.9%
ROSUVASTATIN Rosuvastatin Calcium 975 1,536 11,195 4.2%
EVOLOCUMAB REPATHA 736 1,723 6,890 1.2%
SIMVASTATIN Simvastatin 419 2,792 8,824 10.3%
EZETIMIBE Ezetimibe 266 823 3,112 6.3%
PITAVASTATIN Pitavastatin 181 346 351 14.8%
PRAVASTATIN Pravastatin Sodium 168 923 2,338 11.1%
ICOSAPENT ETHYL Icosapent Ethyl 137 137 328 3.5%
FENOFIBRATE Fenofibrate 61 672 2,283 11.7%
OMEGA-3-ACID ETHYL ESTERS OMEGA-3-ACID ETHYL ESTERS 58 79 789 3.6%
LIPITOR - 52 124 166 3.0%
COLESEVELAM Colesevelam hydrochloride 43 30 265 0.9%
EZETIMIBE\SIMVASTATIN - 37 127 634 6.5%
INCLISIRAN LEQVIO 35 176 567 2.8%
TIRZEPATIDE Zepbound 33 455 5,527 0.5%
AMLODIPINE\ATORVASTATIN - 27 44 133 6.9%
NIACIN Niacin 27 60 283 2.7%
ACETAMINOPHEN Hydrocodone Bitartrate and Acetaminophen 22 30,085 50,046 22.0%
FLUVASTATIN FLUVASTATIN SODIUM ER 22 323 515 17.8%

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