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Pharyngitis: Which Medications Are Safest? (204 Drugs Compared)

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204 medications are used for Pharyngitis, with 1,488 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Pharyngitis are AMOXICILLIN and CLARITHROMYCIN.

1,488
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Drugs Used

All Medications for Pharyngitis Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
AMOXICILLIN Amoxicillin and Clavulanate Potassium 282 1,212 11,721 4.0%
CLARITHROMYCIN Clarithromycin 163 987 6,385 5.2%
IBUPROFEN equate ibuprofen 118 6,705 29,386 7.7%
AMOXICILLIN\CLAVULANATE - 103 998 6,376 6.5%
AMOXICILLIN\CLAVULANIC ACID - 82 885 5,097 8.4%
AZITHROMYCIN AZITHROMYCIN 78 1,405 5,983 8.0%
LEVOFLOXACIN Levofloxacin 68 2,747 13,832 6.8%
AZITHROMYCIN ANHYDROUS - 66 1,333 4,313 9.2%
CLINDAMYCIN XACIATO 52 986 5,320 5.8%
CEFTRIAXONE Ceftriaxone 42 2,926 9,596 15.1%
CIPROFLOXACIN Ciprofloxacin 35 2,671 13,894 6.1%
ACETAMINOPHEN Hydrocodone Bitartrate and Acetaminophen 32 30,085 50,046 22.0%
PENICILLIN V Penicillin V Potassium 28 178 729 5.8%
CHLORHEXIDINE Dyna-Hex 2 21 3,017 3,987 33.7%
PREDNISONE prednisone 21 22,555 57,772 14.2%
CEFUROXIME AXETIL Cefuroxime axetil 20 144 755 5.0%
ERYTHROMYCIN Erythromycin 18 467 1,213 6.4%
MOXIFLOXACIN Moxifloxacin Hydrochloride Tablets, 400 mg 18 1,623 4,167 11.4%
CEFUROXIME Cefuroxime sodium 17 439 2,274 8.4%
DICLOFENAC Diclofenac Sodium Delayed Release 17 6,378 16,398 7.3%

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