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Diabetes mellitus: Which Medications Are Safest? (744 Drugs Compared)

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744 medications are used for Diabetes mellitus, with 163,356 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Diabetes mellitus are ROSIGLITAZONE and INSULIN GLARGINE.

163,356
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All Medications for Diabetes mellitus Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
ROSIGLITAZONE - 45,088 4,661 23,675 10.1%
INSULIN GLARGINE Lantus Solostar 19,253 2,311 13,970 2.3%
METFORMIN Metformin Hydrochloride 17,371 11,550 40,702 12.7%
INSULIN LISPRO Humalog KwikPen 16,084 1,285 10,547 1.6%
DULAGLUTIDE Trulicity 7,557 1,054 6,536 1.4%
INSULIN HUMAN Humulin N 6,813 831 5,963 3.0%
TIRZEPATIDE Zepbound 5,209 455 5,527 0.5%
SITAGLIPTIN JANUVIA 4,792 2,412 6,668 12.1%
METFORMIN\ROSIGLITAZONE - 4,438 395 3,271 8.5%
EMPAGLIFLOZIN Jardiance 4,267 1,624 12,216 4.4%
SEMAGLUTIDE WEGOVY 4,265 792 11,258 1.3%
EXENATIDE Exenatide 4,141 1,228 2,512 3.9%
CANAGLIFLOZIN INVOKANA 3,397 544 9,503 2.2%
INSULIN ASPART NovoLog Mix 70/30 3,380 1,350 7,879 6.1%
DAPAGLIFLOZIN QTERN 3,347 3,633 8,467 17.0%
AVANDIA - 2,724 635 2,211 20.7%
METFORMIN\SITAGLIPTIN - 2,606 1,110 2,869 12.6%
DAPAGLIFLOZIN PROPANEDIOL FARXIGA 1,611 3,694 2,425 21.9%
LIRAGLUTIDE Victoza 1,443 994 4,819 4.3%
GLICLAZIDE - 1,414 483 3,195 8.4%

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