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Diarrhoea: Which Medications Are Safest? (483 Drugs Compared)

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483 medications are used for Diarrhoea, with 16,625 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Diarrhoea are LOPERAMIDE and DIMETHICONE\LOPERAMIDE.

16,625
Total Reports
483
Drugs Used

All Medications for Diarrhoea Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
LOPERAMIDE Anti-diarrheal 7,800 1,551 4,298 8.6%
DIMETHICONE\LOPERAMIDE - 3,543 8 55 0.1%
ATROPINE\DIPHENOXYLATE - 588 100 450 5.3%
COLESEVELAM Colesevelam hydrochloride 477 30 265 0.9%
CHOLESTYRAMINE cholestyramine powder for suspension 465 117 445 5.0%
RACECADOTRIL - 387 162 475 22.2%
OCTREOTIDE Octreotide Acetate 338 5,003 7,779 21.1%
METRONIDAZOLE metronidazole 235 2,188 7,909 9.7%
ELUXADOLINE Viberzi 228 37 413 1.6%
MONTMORILLONITE - 224 68 171 20.1%
RIFAXIMIN XIFAXAN 210 5,009 4,847 36.1%
CIPROFLOXACIN Ciprofloxacin 189 2,671 13,894 6.1%
COLESTIPOL COLESTIPOL HYDROCHLORIDE 112 2 54 0.3%
CROFELEMER MYTESI 106 22 18 12.4%
PANCRELIPASE AMYLASE\PANCRELIPASE LIPASE\PANCRELIPASE PROTEASE - 104 2,245 4,214 13.7%
PREDNISONE prednisone 102 22,555 57,772 14.2%
CEFUROXIME AXETIL Cefuroxime axetil 99 144 755 5.0%
SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE A-34 88 85 159 29.9%
INFLIXIMAB Renflexis 86 7,516 36,324 5.4%
BUDESONIDE BREYNA 78 987 6,421 3.9%

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