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Polymyalgia rheumatica: Which Medications Are Safest? (134 Drugs Compared)

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134 medications are used for Polymyalgia rheumatica, with 4,596 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Polymyalgia rheumatica are SARILUMAB and TOCILIZUMAB.

4,596
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Drugs Used

All Medications for Polymyalgia rheumatica Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
SARILUMAB KEVZARA 1,963 1,983 3,538 9.2%
TOCILIZUMAB Tocilizumab-anoh 964 9,543 24,039 9.7%
PREDNISOLONE Prednisolone Sodium Phosphate 439 13,159 32,883 16.3%
PREDNISONE prednisone 393 22,555 57,772 14.2%
METHOTREXATE Methotrexate 369 21,265 68,793 8.4%
ETANERCEPT ENBREL 100 10,338 36,932 2.9%
ADALIMUMAB YUSIMRY 73 21,807 108,264 4.4%
METHYLPREDNISOLONE Medroloan II SUIK 63 12,828 26,552 20.1%
TOFACITINIB XELJANZ XR 41 7,847 21,976 5.0%
PREGABALIN Pregabalin 33 8,959 22,920 8.8%
DENOSUMAB Bilprevda 28 19,354 17,749 13.0%
LEFLUNOMIDE Leflunomide 24 5,283 13,923 9.3%
LEVOFLOXACIN Levofloxacin 23 2,747 13,832 6.8%
BETAMETHASONE Betamethasone Valerate 14 941 2,548 12.0%
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE SULFATE 14 6,506 16,905 9.8%
AZATHIOPRINE AZATHIOPRINE 13 4,579 10,817 13.8%
CORTICOTROPIN OHM Pituitarum Complex 13 496 2,369 4.2%
ABATACEPT ORENCIA 11 7,681 21,254 6.6%
CYCLOSPORINE Verkazia 10 9,332 14,257 13.7%
MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL Mycophenolate mofetil 10 13,776 25,831 18.4%

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