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Blood pressure: Which Medications Are Safest? (159 Drugs Compared)

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159 medications are used for Blood pressure, with 798 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Blood pressure are LISINOPRIL and METOPROLOL.

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All Medications for Blood pressure Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
LISINOPRIL Lisinopril 124 4,382 13,362 11.9%
METOPROLOL metoprolol succinate 90 6,575 15,925 15.9%
AMLODIPINE Olmesartan Medoxomil, Amlodipine and Hydrochlorothiazide 71 10,161 26,787 15.7%
ATENOLOL Atenolol and Chlorthalidone 58 1,722 5,024 14.0%
LOSARTAN Losartan Potassium 48 2,034 7,032 9.3%
IRBESARTAN Irbesartan 42 636 5,374 6.3%
CARVEDILOL Carvedilol Phosphate 25 2,246 6,005 16.4%
OLMESARTAN MEDOXOMIL OLMESARTAN MEDOXOMIL 24 283 6,564 2.4%
DILTIAZEM Cardizem CD 21 4,562 6,674 31.0%
VALSARTAN valsartan 21 1,696 7,746 7.8%
HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE\LISINOPRIL - 19 265 1,136 10.1%
UNSPECIFIED INGREDIENT - 19 6,132 11,236 23.4%
VERAPAMIL Verapamil Hydrochloride 17 2,630 3,576 28.2%
HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE Irbesartan and Hydrochlorothiazide 15 2,177 10,714 10.4%
HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE\VALSARTAN - 14 634 2,300 9.3%
RAMIPRIL Ramipril 13 3,786 17,747 11.5%
ENALAPRIL Enalapril maleate oral solution 11 711 3,919 9.2%
NIFEDIPINE Nifedipine 11 1,081 2,637 13.1%
CLONIDINE Clonidine hydrochloride 9 2,401 3,920 19.1%
DOXAZOSIN Doxazosin 9 256 2,065 5.4%

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