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Ear infection: Which Medications Are Safest? (228 Drugs Compared)

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228 medications are used for Ear infection, with 2,520 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Ear infection are AMOXICILLIN and CIPROFLOXACIN.

2,520
Total Reports
228
Drugs Used

All Medications for Ear infection Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
AMOXICILLIN Amoxicillin and Clavulanate Potassium 432 1,212 11,721 4.0%
CIPROFLOXACIN Ciprofloxacin 193 2,671 13,894 6.1%
LEVOFLOXACIN Levofloxacin 193 2,747 13,832 6.8%
AMOXICILLIN\CLAVULANATE - 157 998 6,376 6.5%
CEFDINIR Cefdinir 152 35 262 2.2%
CLARITHROMYCIN Clarithromycin 137 987 6,385 5.2%
CIPROFLOXACIN\DEXAMETHASONE - 115 7 43 1.0%
AMOXICILLIN\CLAVULANIC ACID - 105 885 5,097 8.4%
IBUPROFEN equate ibuprofen 104 6,705 29,386 7.7%
HYDROCORTISONE\NEOMYCIN\POLYMYXIN B - 89 1 9 0.3%
AZITHROMYCIN ANHYDROUS - 63 1,333 4,313 9.2%
OFLOXACIN OFLOXACIN 59 198 1,257 6.5%
AZITHROMYCIN AZITHROMYCIN 56 1,405 5,983 8.0%
ACETAMINOPHEN Hydrocodone Bitartrate and Acetaminophen 44 30,085 50,046 22.0%
DOXYCYCLINE Doxycycline 36 1,653 5,618 9.3%
SULFAMETHOXAZOLE\TRIMETHOPRIM - 34 5,777 19,426 14.9%
CEFUROXIME AXETIL Cefuroxime axetil 33 144 755 5.0%
FLUTICASONE ADVAIR DISKUS 25 1,043 3,658 3.3%
CEFTRIAXONE Ceftriaxone 24 2,926 9,596 15.1%
PREDNISONE prednisone 23 22,555 57,772 14.2%

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