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Infantile spasms: Which Medications Are Safest? (69 Drugs Compared)

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69 medications are used for Infantile spasms, with 6,198 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Infantile spasms are VIGABATRIN and SABRIL.

6,198
Total Reports
69
Drugs Used

All Medications for Infantile spasms Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
VIGABATRIN Vigabatrin 4,922 1,091 3,607 9.0%
SABRIL - 389 53 180 6.9%
CORTICOTROPIN OHM Pituitarum Complex 354 496 2,369 4.2%
TOPIRAMATE Topiramate 203 3,527 7,098 12.3%
LEVETIRACETAM Levetiracetam 154 4,322 19,165 6.9%
CANNABIDIOL Epidiolex 128 1,563 5,149 8.6%
PREDNISOLONE Prednisolone Sodium Phosphate 104 13,159 32,883 16.3%
CLOBAZAM Clobazam 98 725 3,312 6.8%
VALPROIC ACID Valproic Acid 78 2,667 8,183 13.3%
VALPROATE Valproate Sodium 59 1,000 6,625 6.3%
ZONISAMIDE Zonisamide 44 299 1,424 6.3%
LAMOTRIGINE Lamotrigine ER 31 6,604 17,639 13.7%
CLONAZEPAM Clonazepam 27 8,488 12,506 21.5%
CARBAMAZEPINE Carbamazepine 24 2,156 9,608 8.8%
PHENOBARBITAL Phenobarbital Sodium 23 945 2,668 14.6%
PREDNISONE prednisone 23 22,555 57,772 14.2%
LACOSAMIDE Lacosamide 18 1,987 6,845 9.4%
RUFINAMIDE RUFINAMIDE 17 27 229 3.1%
PYRIDOXINE Pyridoxine Hydrochloride 16 543 1,059 24.1%
METHYLPREDNISOLONE Medroloan II SUIK 15 12,828 26,552 20.1%

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