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Meningitis: Which Medications Are Safest? (160 Drugs Compared)

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160 medications are used for Meningitis, with 817 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Meningitis are VANCOMYCIN and CEFTRIAXONE.

817
Total Reports
160
Drugs Used

All Medications for Meningitis Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
VANCOMYCIN Vancomycin Hydrochloride 190 5,348 15,776 15.8%
CEFTRIAXONE Ceftriaxone 129 2,926 9,596 15.1%
ACYCLOVIR Acyclovir 117 2,057 6,095 14.5%
MEROPENEM Meropenem 98 3,880 7,167 28.0%
CEFOTAXIME Cefotaxime 65 557 1,932 16.9%
RIFAMPIN Rifampin 61 1,439 5,764 10.8%
AMOXICILLIN Amoxicillin and Clavulanate Potassium 56 1,212 11,721 4.0%
DEXAMETHASONE Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate 48 22,319 51,311 17.8%
LINEZOLID Linezolid 35 2,952 7,491 16.4%
AMPICILLIN Ampicillin and Sulbactam 31 482 1,227 13.2%
CIPROFLOXACIN Ciprofloxacin 27 2,671 13,894 6.1%
SULFAMETHOXAZOLE\TRIMETHOPRIM - 24 5,777 19,426 14.9%
FLUCONAZOLE Fluconazole 19 2,546 5,821 16.8%
GENTAMICIN Gentamicin 19 947 2,865 14.4%
LEVOFLOXACIN Levofloxacin 19 2,747 13,832 6.8%
AMPHOTERICIN B Amphotericin B 16 4,777 3,790 44.2%
CEFEPIME Cefepime 16 997 3,055 18.0%
METHYLPREDNISOLONE Medroloan II SUIK 16 12,828 26,552 20.1%
FOSFOMYCIN Contepo 15 128 407 15.5%
DOXYCYCLINE Doxycycline 14 1,653 5,618 9.3%

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