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Giant cell arteritis: Which Medications Are Safest? (73 Drugs Compared)

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73 medications are used for Giant cell arteritis, with 5,100 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Giant cell arteritis are TOCILIZUMAB and PREDNISONE.

5,100
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Drugs Used

All Medications for Giant cell arteritis Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
TOCILIZUMAB Tocilizumab-anoh 4,364 9,543 24,039 9.7%
PREDNISONE prednisone 409 22,555 57,772 14.2%
PREDNISOLONE Prednisolone Sodium Phosphate 206 13,159 32,883 16.3%
METHOTREXATE Methotrexate 141 21,265 68,793 8.4%
METHYLPREDNISOLONE Medroloan II SUIK 97 12,828 26,552 20.1%
SARILUMAB KEVZARA 45 1,983 3,538 9.2%
UPADACITINIB Rinvoq 32 2,406 15,931 3.7%
SECUKINUMAB COSENTYX 25 6,855 19,098 4.5%
MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL Mycophenolate mofetil 20 13,776 25,831 18.4%
RITUXIMAB Rituxan 20 28,910 54,631 16.2%
ABATACEPT ORENCIA 18 7,681 21,254 6.6%
TOCILIZUMAB-AAZG - 15 7 44 4.5%
ASPIRIN Aspirin 14 13,029 53,089 14.1%
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE Cyclophosphamide 10 25,330 45,054 19.7%
ADALIMUMAB YUSIMRY 9 21,807 108,264 4.4%
CLOPIDOGREL BISULFATE Clopidogrel 9 5,327 24,774 11.6%
DEXAMETHASONE Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate 8 22,319 51,311 17.8%
LEFLUNOMIDE Leflunomide 7 5,283 13,923 9.3%
UNSPECIFIED INGREDIENT - 7 6,132 11,236 23.4%
CORTICOTROPIN OHM Pituitarum Complex 6 496 2,369 4.2%

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