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Opportunistic infection prophylaxis: Which Medications Are Safest? (65 Drugs Compared)

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65 medications are used for Opportunistic infection prophylaxis, with 1,006 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Opportunistic infection prophylaxis are SULFAMETHOXAZOLE\TRIMETHOPRIM and VALACYCLOVIR.

1,006
Total Reports
65
Drugs Used

All Medications for Opportunistic infection prophylaxis Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
SULFAMETHOXAZOLE\TRIMETHOPRIM - 657 5,777 19,426 14.9%
VALACYCLOVIR Valacyclovir Hydrochloride 419 812 6,169 6.2%
VALGANCICLOVIR VALGANCICLOVIR 41 1,274 3,092 16.1%
ATOVAQUONE Atovaquone 40 366 1,110 16.1%
AZITHROMYCIN AZITHROMYCIN 27 1,405 5,983 8.0%
POSACONAZOLE POSACONAZOLE 25 1,307 2,037 22.4%
SULFAMETHOXAZOLE Sulfamethoxazole and Trimethoprim DS 25 1,336 2,368 31.5%
FLUCONAZOLE Fluconazole 24 2,546 5,821 16.8%
TRIMETHOPRIM Trimethoprim 22 211 1,264 6.6%
PENICILLIN V Penicillin V Potassium 17 178 729 5.8%
AMOXICILLIN Amoxicillin and Clavulanate Potassium 16 1,212 11,721 4.0%
PENTAMIDINE ISETHIONATE Pentam 300 14 71 191 18.7%
ENTECAVIR Entecavir 12 726 1,133 16.2%
AZITHROMYCIN ANHYDROUS - 11 1,333 4,313 9.2%
CEFEPIME Cefepime 11 997 3,055 18.0%
CLARITHROMYCIN Clarithromycin 10 987 6,385 5.2%
LETERMOVIR PREVYMIS 10 252 398 17.8%
ETHAMBUTOL Ethambutol Hydrochloride 9 971 2,638 13.0%
LEVOFLOXACIN Levofloxacin 9 2,747 13,832 6.8%
RIFABUTIN Rifabutin 7 158 502 10.0%

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Most Reported Drugs for Opportunistic infection prophylaxis

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