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Clostridium difficile colitis: Which Medications Are Safest? (87 Drugs Compared)

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87 medications are used for Clostridium difficile colitis, with 1,214 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Clostridium difficile colitis are VANCOMYCIN and METRONIDAZOLE.

1,214
Total Reports
87
Drugs Used

All Medications for Clostridium difficile colitis Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
VANCOMYCIN Vancomycin Hydrochloride 467 5,348 15,776 15.8%
METRONIDAZOLE metronidazole 406 2,188 7,909 9.7%
FIDAXOMICIN Dificid 274 181 410 12.1%
DONOR HUMAN STOOL SPORES VOWST 75 11 61 1.6%
METRONIDAZOLE\METRONIDAZOLE - 73 158 1,351 3.7%
BEZLOTOXUMAB ZINPLAVA 29 59 88 19.0%
DIFICID - 28 2 7 3.1%
CEFEPIME Cefepime 11 997 3,055 18.0%
DONOR HUMAN STOOL Rebyota 10 5 18 2.4%
FECAL MICROBIOTA - 9 12 15 24.5%
HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN G BIVIGAM 8 5,286 16,081 7.5%
MEROPENEM Meropenem 8 3,880 7,167 28.0%
RIFAXIMIN XIFAXAN 8 5,009 4,847 36.1%
FLUCONAZOLE Fluconazole 7 2,546 5,821 16.8%
CIPROFLOXACIN Ciprofloxacin 6 2,671 13,894 6.1%
BISMUTH SUBSALICYLATE\METRONIDAZOLE\TETRACYCLINE - 5 17 38 13.9%
CEFOTAXIME Cefotaxime 5 557 1,932 16.9%
METHYLPREDNISOLONE Medroloan II SUIK 5 12,828 26,552 20.1%

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