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Dry skin: Which Medications Are Safest? (185 Drugs Compared)

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185 medications are used for Dry skin, with 1,240 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Dry skin are ADAPALENE and AVOBENZONE\OCTISALATE\OCTOCRYLENE.

1,240
Total Reports
185
Drugs Used

All Medications for Dry skin Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
ADAPALENE Differin 442 6 68 0.0%
AVOBENZONE\OCTISALATE\OCTOCRYLENE - 361 2 32 0.0%
DUPILUMAB Dupixent 102 1,536 17,008 0.4%
KETOCONAZOLE Ketoconazole 93 132 330 2.4%
AMMONIUM Weight Loss Support Plus Female Balance 37 113 120 38.2%
CLOBETASOL CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE 35 107 610 1.4%
CRISABOROLE Eucrisa 34 22 53 0.3%
AVOBENZONE\HOMOSALATE\OCTINOXATE\OCTISALATE\OXYBENZONE - 31 0 7 N/A
SELENIUM SULFIDE FAMILY Wellness MAXIMUM STRENGTH DANDRUFF Anti-dandruff, anti-seborrheic dermatitis, anti-psoriasis 28 0 17 N/A
HYDROCORTISONE Hydrocortisone Cream Intensive Healing 25 5,314 10,582 21.6%
COSMETICS - 22 31 104 2.7%
TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE Triamcinolone Acetonide 17 1,874 3,276 11.2%
CETIRIZINE Cetirizine 16 4,787 8,423 10.0%
BETAMETHASONE Betamethasone Valerate 14 941 2,548 12.0%
ESTRADIOL Estradiol 14 267 1,953 0.9%
DIMETHICONE Daily Moisturizing 12 38 178 6.3%
LANOLIN\MINERAL OIL - 11 12 2 30.0%
TACROLIMUS Tacrolimus 11 14,642 36,664 16.1%
DESONIDE Desonide 10 11 286 0.8%
PETROLATUM Pharmacys Prescription Petroleum Jelly 10 28 57 8.0%

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Most Reported Drugs for Dry skin

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