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Pleural effusion: Which Medications Are Safest? (213 Drugs Compared)

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213 medications are used for Pleural effusion, with 715 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Pleural effusion are FUROSEMIDE and ALTEPLASE.

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All Medications for Pleural effusion Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
FUROSEMIDE Furosemide 125 6,131 30,446 11.8%
ALTEPLASE Activase 58 2,540 2,083 20.0%
LEVOFLOXACIN Levofloxacin 36 2,747 13,832 6.8%
TOLVAPTAN Jynarque 33 1,709 2,467 19.0%
PIPERACILLIN\TAZOBACTAM - 30 3,372 10,462 17.6%
SPIRONOLACTONE spironolactone 29 1,809 11,611 8.6%
VANCOMYCIN Vancomycin Hydrochloride 28 5,348 15,776 15.8%
DORNASE ALFA Pulmozyme 20 318 2,773 5.8%
CEFTRIAXONE Ceftriaxone 19 2,926 9,596 15.1%
PREDNISONE prednisone 19 22,555 57,772 14.2%
METHYLPREDNISOLONE Medroloan II SUIK 18 12,828 26,552 20.1%
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE Cyclophosphamide 17 25,330 45,054 19.7%
DEXAMETHASONE Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate 17 22,319 51,311 17.8%
OCTREOTIDE Octreotide Acetate 17 5,003 7,779 21.1%
PREDNISOLONE Prednisolone Sodium Phosphate 17 13,159 32,883 16.3%
RITUXIMAB Rituxan 17 28,910 54,631 16.2%
AZITHROMYCIN ANHYDROUS - 15 1,333 4,313 9.2%
TORSEMIDE Torsemide 14 656 6,070 8.0%
ALBUMIN HUMAN ALBUMINEX 13 397 749 15.8%
DOXYCYCLINE Doxycycline 13 1,653 5,618 9.3%

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