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Palliative care: Which Medications Are Safest? (173 Drugs Compared)

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173 medications are used for Palliative care, with 491 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Palliative care are DEXAMETHASONE and MORPHINE.

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All Medications for Palliative care Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
DEXAMETHASONE Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate 50 22,319 51,311 17.8%
MORPHINE Morphine Sulfate 49 38,212 17,386 31.7%
MIDAZOLAM Midazolam 34 1,808 4,691 16.2%
GEMCITABINE Gemcitabine 28 5,142 12,268 16.4%
PACLITAXEL PACLITAXEL PACLITAXEL 27 12,030 31,638 15.6%
CISPLATIN CISplatin 22 8,387 17,469 17.7%
PEMBROLIZUMAB KEYTRUDA 22 15,543 35,472 18.6%
FENTANYL FENTANYL 21 42,491 15,153 45.0%
CARBOPLATIN Carboplatin 19 12,544 35,869 14.9%
PREGABALIN Pregabalin 19 8,959 22,920 8.8%
OXALIPLATIN Oxaliplatin 17 6,501 21,980 11.5%
RITUXIMAB Rituxan 16 28,910 54,631 16.2%
SULFAMETHOXAZOLE\TRIMETHOPRIM - 16 5,777 19,426 14.9%
CAPECITABINE Capecitabine 15 8,892 17,529 14.0%
LETROZOLE Letrozole 15 3,024 8,637 9.7%
OMEPRAZOLE omeprazole sodium bicarbonate 15 8,515 19,847 9.8%
ONDANSETRON ONDANSETRON 15 2,519 8,527 11.1%
FULVESTRANT FULVESTRANT 14 3,087 4,103 17.5%
DULOXETINE Duloxetine Hydrochloride 13 4,044 10,622 7.7%
IRINOTECAN Irinotecan Hydrochloride 13 4,530 10,384 16.2%

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Most Reported Drugs for Palliative care

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