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Osteomyelitis: Which Medications Are Safest? (248 Drugs Compared)

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248 medications are used for Osteomyelitis, with 4,137 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Osteomyelitis are VANCOMYCIN and DAPTOMYCIN.

4,137
Total Reports
248
Drugs Used

All Medications for Osteomyelitis Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
VANCOMYCIN Vancomycin Hydrochloride 980 5,348 15,776 15.8%
DAPTOMYCIN daptomycin 635 1,137 4,371 12.6%
LINEZOLID Linezolid 369 2,952 7,491 16.4%
PIPERACILLIN\TAZOBACTAM - 292 3,372 10,462 17.6%
CLINDAMYCIN XACIATO 223 986 5,320 5.8%
LEVOFLOXACIN Levofloxacin 198 2,747 13,832 6.8%
CEFEPIME Cefepime 186 997 3,055 18.0%
METRONIDAZOLE metronidazole 183 2,188 7,909 9.7%
CEFTRIAXONE Ceftriaxone 181 2,926 9,596 15.1%
ERTAPENEM INVANZ 176 223 1,617 5.5%
CIPROFLOXACIN Ciprofloxacin 168 2,671 13,894 6.1%
RIFAMPIN Rifampin 144 1,439 5,764 10.8%
SULFAMETHOXAZOLE\TRIMETHOPRIM - 110 5,777 19,426 14.9%
DALBAVANCIN DALBAVANCIN HYDROCHLORIDE 104 54 288 4.9%
MEROPENEM Meropenem 98 3,880 7,167 28.0%
DOXYCYCLINE Doxycycline 93 1,653 5,618 9.3%
AMOXICILLIN Amoxicillin and Clavulanate Potassium 91 1,212 11,721 4.0%
CEFAZOLIN Cefazolin 83 345 2,331 6.7%
ORITAVANCIN Orbactiv 64 29 157 3.3%
TEICOPLANIN - 63 408 1,157 19.8%

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