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Contraception: Which Medications Are Safest? (294 Drugs Compared)

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294 medications are used for Contraception, with 134,752 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Contraception are LEVONORGESTREL and COPPER.

134,752
Total Reports
294
Drugs Used

All Medications for Contraception Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
LEVONORGESTREL Mirena 55,471 142 6,322 0.1%
COPPER Cuprum metallicum 7116 28,180 16 442 0.0%
ETONOGESTREL Nexplanon 21,547 79 1,438 0.2%
ETHINYL ESTRADIOL\ETONOGESTREL - 5,815 130 3,386 1.1%
MEDROXYPROGESTERONE Provera 3,931 135 831 1.6%
MIRENA - 2,813 8 597 0.2%
ETHINYL ESTRADIOL\NORELGESTROMIN - 2,489 12 78 0.2%
ETHINYL ESTRADIOL\NORGESTIMATE - 2,235 17 268 0.3%
ETHINYL ESTRADIOL\LEVONORGESTREL - 1,968 104 1,046 2.3%
PARAGARD 380A - 1,750 0 9 N/A
DROSPIRENONE\ETHINYL ESTRADIOL - 1,633 212 2,702 3.3%
ETHINYL ESTRADIOL\NORETHINDRONE - 1,613 85 418 1.9%
NEXPLANON - 1,008 0 47 N/A
DESOGESTREL\ETHINYL ESTRADIOL - 622 160 562 9.9%
NUVARING - 547 14 210 1.1%
IMPLANON - 434 1 30 0.1%
DROSPIRENONE Angeliq 394 9 146 0.3%
NORETHINDRONE ERRIN 293 26 261 1.3%
DESOGESTREL - 264 29 242 4.9%
DIENOGEST\ESTRADIOL - 245 6 143 0.9%

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