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Inflammation: Which Medications Are Safest? (519 Drugs Compared)

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519 medications are used for Inflammation, with 6,160 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Inflammation are DICLOFENAC and PREDNISONE.

6,160
Total Reports
519
Drugs Used

All Medications for Inflammation Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
DICLOFENAC Diclofenac Sodium Delayed Release 784 6,378 16,398 7.3%
PREDNISONE prednisone 695 22,555 57,772 14.2%
NAPROXEN Naproxen Sodium 501 5,127 12,849 9.7%
IBUPROFEN equate ibuprofen 489 6,705 29,386 7.7%
METHYLPREDNISOLONE Medroloan II SUIK 353 12,828 26,552 20.1%
CELECOXIB Celecoxib 309 4,470 9,081 14.1%
ETANERCEPT ENBREL 274 10,338 36,932 2.9%
ACETAMINOPHEN\IBUPROFEN - 152 21 59 0.7%
PREDNISOLONE Prednisolone Sodium Phosphate 136 13,159 32,883 16.3%
MELOXICAM Meloxicam 132 1,042 2,502 12.0%
HYDROCORTISONE Hydrocortisone Cream Intensive Healing 131 5,314 10,582 21.6%
DEXAMETHASONE Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate 129 22,319 51,311 17.8%
DICLOFENAC\DICLOFENAC - 122 1,210 1,771 35.9%
ACETAMINOPHEN Hydrocodone Bitartrate and Acetaminophen 120 30,085 50,046 22.0%
TOFACITINIB XELJANZ XR 94 7,847 21,976 5.0%
METHOTREXATE Methotrexate 93 21,265 68,793 8.4%
ADALIMUMAB YUSIMRY 78 21,807 108,264 4.4%
BUDESONIDE BREYNA 63 987 6,421 3.9%
DIPHENHYDRAMINE\IBUPROFEN - 56 111 118 2.8%
CIPROFLOXACIN Ciprofloxacin 55 2,671 13,894 6.1%

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