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Gout: Which Medications Are Safest? (245 Drugs Compared)

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245 medications are used for Gout, with 10,558 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Gout are ALLOPURINOL and FEBUXOSTAT.

10,558
Total Reports
245
Drugs Used

All Medications for Gout Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
ALLOPURINOL Allopurinol 3,817 2,632 10,880 13.8%
FEBUXOSTAT Febuxostat 2,392 404 1,755 6.9%
COLCHICINE colchicine 1,493 1,074 3,150 14.5%
PEGLOTICASE Krystexxa 1,327 92 518 3.1%
DICLOFENAC Diclofenac Sodium Delayed Release 312 6,378 16,398 7.3%
NAPROXEN Naproxen Sodium 212 5,127 12,849 9.7%
PREDNISONE prednisone 194 22,555 57,772 14.2%
INDOMETHACIN Indomethacin 181 664 1,146 13.7%
ANAKINRA Kineret 152 979 3,472 8.1%
IBUPROFEN equate ibuprofen 122 6,705 29,386 7.7%
COLCHICINE\OPIUM\TIEMONIUM METHYLSULFATE - 94 17 136 9.2%
CORTICOTROPIN OHM Pituitarum Complex 94 496 2,369 4.2%
COLCHICINE\DICYCLOMINE - 82 10 114 7.0%
PREDNISOLONE Prednisolone Sodium Phosphate 74 13,159 32,883 16.3%
METHOTREXATE Methotrexate 54 21,265 68,793 8.4%
METHYLPREDNISOLONE Medroloan II SUIK 50 12,828 26,552 20.1%
CELECOXIB Celecoxib 48 4,470 9,081 14.1%
ACETAMINOPHEN Hydrocodone Bitartrate and Acetaminophen 41 30,085 50,046 22.0%
ETANERCEPT ENBREL 30 10,338 36,932 2.9%
ADALIMUMAB YUSIMRY 28 21,807 108,264 4.4%

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