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Insulin-requiring type 2 diabetes mellitus: Which Medications Are Safest? (59 Drugs Compared)

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59 medications are used for Insulin-requiring type 2 diabetes mellitus, with 949 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Insulin-requiring type 2 diabetes mellitus are METFORMIN and INSULIN GLARGINE.

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All Medications for Insulin-requiring type 2 diabetes mellitus Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
METFORMIN Metformin Hydrochloride 307 11,550 40,702 12.7%
INSULIN GLARGINE Lantus Solostar 180 2,311 13,970 2.3%
EXENATIDE Exenatide 129 1,228 2,512 3.9%
INSULIN LISPRO Humalog KwikPen 92 1,285 10,547 1.6%
SITAGLIPTIN JANUVIA 57 2,412 6,668 12.1%
DAPAGLIFLOZIN QTERN 56 3,633 8,467 17.0%
GLICLAZIDE - 48 483 3,195 8.4%
EMPAGLIFLOZIN Jardiance 41 1,624 12,216 4.4%
SEMAGLUTIDE WEGOVY 39 792 11,258 1.3%
INSULIN ASPART NovoLog Mix 70/30 33 1,350 7,879 6.1%
LIRAGLUTIDE Victoza 31 994 4,819 4.3%
VILDAGLIPTIN - 30 181 1,064 8.8%
METFORMIN\SITAGLIPTIN - 29 1,110 2,869 12.6%
INSULIN DETEMIR Levemir 28 373 2,723 3.9%
INSULIN HUMAN Humulin N 26 831 5,963 3.0%
REPAGLINIDE Repaglinide 21 169 1,517 6.6%
DULAGLUTIDE Trulicity 17 1,054 6,536 1.4%
INSULIN NOS - 17 1,071 2,441 17.6%
CANAGLIFLOZIN INVOKANA 14 544 9,503 2.2%
INSULIN GLULISINE Apidra 14 213 1,176 6.2%

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