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Cardiogenic shock: Which Medications Are Safest? (130 Drugs Compared)

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130 medications are used for Cardiogenic shock, with 896 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Cardiogenic shock are DOBUTAMINE and NOREPINEPHRINE.

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All Medications for Cardiogenic shock Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
DOBUTAMINE Dobutamine 468 611 809 37.4%
NOREPINEPHRINE NOREPINEPHRINE BITARTRATE 210 1,673 2,668 32.8%
EPINEPHRINE EPINEPHRINE 188 1,469 4,388 9.7%
VASOPRESSIN Vasopressin 124 801 1,195 41.0%
MILRINONE Milrinone Lactate in Dextrose 87 171 374 20.1%
DOPAMINE DOPAMINE HCI IN 5% DEXTROSE 48 325 496 34.5%
NOREPINEPHRINE\NOREPINEPHRINE - 36 296 553 28.1%
PHENYLEPHRINE Phenylephrine Hydrochloride 36 1,479 2,093 37.7%
AMIODARONE Amiodarone Hydrochloride 33 3,845 13,711 15.3%
METHYLPREDNISOLONE Medroloan II SUIK 25 12,828 26,552 20.1%
CALCIUM Calcium Gluconate 22 4,138 7,578 26.4%
SODIUM NITROPRUSSIDE Sodium Nitroprusside 22 23 64 14.6%
HEPARIN Heparin Sodium 21 3,150 7,788 17.3%
FUROSEMIDE Furosemide 19 6,131 30,446 11.8%
LEVOSIMENDAN - 15 37 103 20.2%
BETAMETHASONE Betamethasone Valerate 13 941 2,548 12.0%
INSULIN NOS - 13 1,071 2,441 17.6%
METHYLENE BLUE Methylene blue 13 165 536 19.5%
ASPIRIN Aspirin 12 13,029 53,089 14.1%
EGG PHOSPHOLIPIDS\SAFFLOWER OIL\SOYBEAN OIL - 11 101 137 51.8%

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