Iron deficiency: Which Medications Are Safest? (100 Drugs Compared)
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100 medications are used for Iron deficiency, with 1,838 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Iron deficiency are FERROUS and FERRIC CARBOXYMALTOSE.
1,838
Total Reports
100
Drugs Used
All Medications for Iron deficiency Ranked by Safety Reports
| Drug | Brand | Reports | Deaths (all) | Hosp. (all) | Death Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FERROUS | Ferrous Sulfate | 465 | 517 | 1,870 | 12.7% |
| FERRIC CARBOXYMALTOSE | Injectafer | 396 | 205 | 1,670 | 2.5% |
| SODIUM FERRIC COMPLEX | Ferrlecit | 333 | 293 | 405 | 23.6% |
| IRON SUCROSE | Iron Sucrose | 227 | 277 | 1,107 | 5.9% |
| SUCROSE | Saccharum Officinale | 90 | 91 | 69 | 84.3% |
| IRON DEXTRAN | INFED | 77 | 43 | 96 | 5.6% |
| IRON | Pancreas Meteoric Iron | 53 | 325 | 932 | 11.9% |
| FERRIC MALTOL | ACCRUFER | 47 | 10 | 47 | 2.4% |
| IRON ISOMALTOSIDE 1000 | - | 46 | 10 | 85 | 3.9% |
| FERUMOXYTOL NON-STOICHIOMETRIC MAGNETITE | Feraheme | 40 | 51 | 169 | 4.6% |
| FERRIC DERISOMALTOSE | Monoferric | 38 | 26 | 155 | 2.5% |
| POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS | - | 28 | 384 | 837 | 21.4% |
| POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 4000 | - | 20 | 246 | 521 | 25.0% |
| FERINJECT | - | 15 | 3 | 23 | 4.1% |
| IRON POLYMALTOSE | - | 14 | 13 | 111 | 5.1% |
| ASCORBIC ACID\FERROUS | - | 13 | 18 | 58 | 13.4% |
| SODIUM | Sodium Chloride | 13 | 1,550 | 6,212 | 6.6% |
| ASCORBIC ACID\POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 3350\POTASSIUM\SODIUM ASCORBATE\SODIUM\SODIUM | - | 12 | 145 | 507 | 7.4% |
| DARBEPOETIN ALFA | ARANESP | 11 | 13,865 | 14,279 | 42.3% |
| OCTREOTIDE | Octreotide Acetate | 11 | 5,003 | 7,779 | 21.1% |
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