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Oral contraception: Which Medications Are Safest? (99 Drugs Compared)

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99 medications are used for Oral contraception, with 2,114 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Oral contraception are ETHINYL ESTRADIOL\LEVONORGESTREL and DROSPIRENONE\ETHINYL ESTRADIOL.

2,114
Total Reports
99
Drugs Used

All Medications for Oral contraception Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
ETHINYL ESTRADIOL\LEVONORGESTREL - 454 104 1,046 2.3%
DROSPIRENONE\ETHINYL ESTRADIOL - 313 212 2,702 3.3%
ETHINYL ESTRADIOL\NORETHINDRONE - 237 85 418 1.9%
ETHINYL ESTRADIOL\NORGESTIMATE - 202 17 268 0.3%
DROSPIRENONE Angeliq 192 9 146 0.3%
LEVONORGESTREL Mirena 138 142 6,322 0.1%
DESOGESTREL\ETHINYL ESTRADIOL - 97 160 562 9.9%
NORETHINDRONE ERRIN 81 26 261 1.3%
DESOGESTREL - 71 29 242 4.9%
NORGESTREL Opill 41 0 8 N/A
ETHINYL ESTRADIOL EluRyng 34 61 88 19.7%
ETHINYL ESTRADIOL\NORGESTREL - 31 10 59 4.7%
YASMIN - 26 18 763 1.0%
DIENOGEST\ESTRADIOL - 25 6 143 0.9%
DIENOGEST\ETHINYL ESTRADIOL - 25 5 64 2.2%
CYPROTERONE\ETHINYL ESTRADIOL - 23 1 113 0.4%
ETHINYL ESTRADIOL\GESTODENE - 21 3 85 1.9%
YAZ - 21 18 868 0.9%
ETHINYL ESTRADIOL\FERROUS\NORETHINDRONE - 18 1 13 0.9%
ESTRADIOL\NOMEGESTROL - 12 0 16 N/A

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Most Reported Drugs for Oral contraception