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Cancer pain: Which Medications Are Safest? (260 Drugs Compared)

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260 medications are used for Cancer pain, with 4,616 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Cancer pain are OXYCODONE and FENTANYL.

4,616
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Drugs Used

All Medications for Cancer pain Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
OXYCODONE Oxycodone Hydrochloride 1,135 55,140 21,279 28.9%
FENTANYL FENTANYL 1,131 42,491 15,153 45.0%
METHADONE METHADONE HYDROCHLORIDE 827 10,719 5,514 40.8%
MORPHINE Morphine Sulfate 586 38,212 17,386 31.7%
TAPENTADOL Nucynta 296 20,205 3,304 69.2%
HYDROMORPHONE Hydromorphone Hydrochloride 167 28,491 10,395 34.1%
ACETAMINOPHEN Hydrocodone Bitartrate and Acetaminophen 146 30,085 50,046 22.0%
PREGABALIN Pregabalin 145 8,959 22,920 8.8%
GABAPENTIN Gabapentin 119 11,101 16,499 14.9%
TRAMADOL ConZip 111 14,555 19,235 19.2%
LIDOCAINE Burn Relief 87 1,738 5,570 7.6%
DEXAMETHASONE Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate 80 22,319 51,311 17.8%
KETAMINE KETAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE 72 1,009 3,362 12.6%
BACLOFEN BACLOFEN 51 2,958 8,773 11.5%
DUROTEP MT - 51 11 7 7.3%
BUPRENORPHINE Buprenorphine and Naloxone 49 25,813 9,467 31.5%
LOXOPROFEN - 49 184 819 13.5%
ACETAMINOPHEN\OXYCODONE - 45 31,342 7,703 31.5%
DULOXETINE Duloxetine Hydrochloride 45 4,044 10,622 7.7%
DIAZEPAM Diazepam 38 12,045 13,635 31.6%

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