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Essential hypertension: Which Medications Are Safest? (361 Drugs Compared)

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361 medications are used for Essential hypertension, with 4,386 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Essential hypertension are AMLODIPINE and RAMIPRIL.

4,386
Total Reports
361
Drugs Used

All Medications for Essential hypertension Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
AMLODIPINE Olmesartan Medoxomil, Amlodipine and Hydrochlorothiazide 635 10,161 26,787 15.7%
RAMIPRIL Ramipril 319 3,786 17,747 11.5%
LISINOPRIL Lisinopril 243 4,382 13,362 11.9%
LOSARTAN Losartan Potassium 242 2,034 7,032 9.3%
INDAPAMIDE Indapamide 168 256 2,945 5.3%
OLMESARTAN MEDOXOMIL OLMESARTAN MEDOXOMIL 166 283 6,564 2.4%
HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE\OLMESARTAN MEDOXOMIL - 130 95 3,369 1.6%
DUPILUMAB Dupixent 118 1,536 17,008 0.4%
VALSARTAN valsartan 113 1,696 7,746 7.8%
EVOLOCUMAB REPATHA 110 1,723 6,890 1.2%
FUROSEMIDE Furosemide 95 6,131 30,446 11.8%
HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE Irbesartan and Hydrochlorothiazide 88 2,177 10,714 10.4%
IRBESARTAN Irbesartan 75 636 5,374 6.3%
ENALAPRIL Enalapril maleate oral solution 68 711 3,919 9.2%
TELMISARTAN telmisartan 67 599 2,440 10.1%
HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE\IRBESARTAN - 65 131 1,280 4.9%
LEDIPASVIR\SOFOSBUVIR - 64 1,371 4,031 5.8%
METOPROLOL metoprolol succinate 60 6,575 15,925 15.9%
LENALIDOMIDE LENALIDOMIDE 59 35,942 86,495 10.3%
SACUBITRIL\VALSARTAN - 54 15,665 18,923 14.1%

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