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Cushing's syndrome: Which Medications Are Safest? (93 Drugs Compared)

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93 medications are used for Cushing's syndrome, with 3,563 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Cushing's syndrome are MIFEPRISTONE and OSILODROSTAT.

3,563
Total Reports
93
Drugs Used

All Medications for Cushing's syndrome Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
MIFEPRISTONE Mifepristone 2,136 294 1,322 6.5%
OSILODROSTAT Isturisa 626 191 526 11.7%
LEVOKETOCONAZOLE Recorlev 201 8 99 2.6%
METYRAPONE Metopirone 177 45 154 8.2%
PASIREOTIDE Signifor LAR 119 117 621 6.1%
KETOCONAZOLE Ketoconazole 118 132 330 2.4%
PASIREOTIDE DIASPARTATE - 32 18 67 6.4%
HYDROCORTISONE Hydrocortisone Cream Intensive Healing 30 5,314 10,582 21.6%
KORLYM - 30 3 9 5.9%
SPIRONOLACTONE spironolactone 24 1,809 11,611 8.6%
MITOTANE Lysodren 22 88 245 8.7%
CABERGOLINE Cabergoline 17 72 573 3.4%
DEXAMETHASONE Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate 15 22,319 51,311 17.8%
OCTREOTIDE Octreotide Acetate 12 5,003 7,779 21.1%
ETOMIDATE ETOMIDATE injection, solution 7 80 240 10.9%
SOMATROPIN Nutropin AQ NuSpin 10 7 1,350 4,957 2.0%
ETOPOSIDE Avopef 6 11,780 17,699 22.4%
POTASSIUM POTASSIUM CITRATE 6 2,094 5,157 17.5%
AZATHIOPRINE AZATHIOPRINE 5 4,579 10,817 13.8%
CARBOPLATIN Carboplatin 5 12,544 35,869 14.9%

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