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Osteoporosis prophylaxis: Which Medications Are Safest? (71 Drugs Compared)

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71 medications are used for Osteoporosis prophylaxis, with 1,575 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Osteoporosis prophylaxis are ALENDRONATE and RISEDRONATE.

1,575
Total Reports
71
Drugs Used

All Medications for Osteoporosis prophylaxis Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
ALENDRONATE ALENDRONATE SODIUM 549 4,541 11,015 16.3%
RISEDRONATE Risedronate Sodium 195 202 1,825 3.0%
ZOLEDRONIC ACID Zoledronic acid 191 5,240 8,346 15.6%
DENOSUMAB Bilprevda 127 19,354 17,749 13.0%
ALENDRONIC ACID - 102 2,927 3,993 36.4%
IBANDRONATE Ibandronate Sodium 102 236 1,420 2.3%
FOSAMAX - 62 47 616 4.9%
RALOXIFENE Raloxifene Hydrochloride 58 34 346 0.8%
ALENDRONATE\CHOLECALCIFEROL - 41 918 1,841 35.2%
ROMOSOZUMAB-AQQG - 40 633 2,717 5.6%
ESTRADIOL Estradiol 37 267 1,953 0.9%
CALCIUM\CHOLECALCIFEROL - 32 681 1,731 23.0%
CALCIUM Calcium Gluconate 29 4,138 7,578 26.4%
ALFACALCIDOL - 13 260 556 28.5%
ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED Premarin 13 171 892 1.9%
ESTRADIOL\NORETHINDRONE - 12 27 275 0.6%
ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED\MEDROXYPROGESTERONE - 12 22 122 1.3%
PAMIDRONATE Pamidronate Disodium 12 184 484 11.2%
ACTONEL - 11 6 98 3.9%
CHOLECALCIFEROL Floriva 11 3,102 5,618 25.8%

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