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Oral herpes: Which Medications Are Safest? (91 Drugs Compared)

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91 medications are used for Oral herpes, with 6,692 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Oral herpes are DOCOSANOL and ACYCLOVIR.

6,692
Total Reports
91
Drugs Used

All Medications for Oral herpes Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
DOCOSANOL Cold Sore Fever Blister Treatment 5,774 0 27 N/A
ACYCLOVIR Acyclovir 410 2,057 6,095 14.5%
VALACYCLOVIR Valacyclovir Hydrochloride 363 812 6,169 6.2%
PENCICLOVIR PENCICLOVIR 34 2 1 3.8%
FOSCARNET Foscarnet Sodium 16 605 608 29.4%
FAMCICLOVIR Famciclovir 14 30 162 6.1%
BENZOCAINE ANAL-ESE 12 42 214 7.7%
CIDOFOVIR CIDOFOVIR 10 165 238 23.1%
IBUPROFEN equate ibuprofen 9 6,705 29,386 7.7%
VENLAFAXINE Venlafaxine Hydrochloride 9 7,521 15,749 15.7%
ACYCLOVIR\HYDROCORTISONE - 8 1 1 4.5%
VALTREX - 6 4 58 2.6%
LYSINE L-Lysine 7415 5 23 49 29.5%
ZELITREX - 5 8 70 9.5%

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