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Postoperative analgesia: Which Medications Are Safest? (133 Drugs Compared)

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133 medications are used for Postoperative analgesia, with 1,823 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Postoperative analgesia are BUPIVACAINE and ACETAMINOPHEN.

1,823
Total Reports
133
Drugs Used

All Medications for Postoperative analgesia Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
BUPIVACAINE Bupivacaine Hydrochloride 610 466 2,367 4.1%
ACETAMINOPHEN Hydrocodone Bitartrate and Acetaminophen 221 30,085 50,046 22.0%
BUPIVACAINE\MELOXICAM - 164 2 11 1.1%
MORPHINE Morphine Sulfate 131 38,212 17,386 31.7%
IBUPROFEN equate ibuprofen 92 6,705 29,386 7.7%
TRAMADOL ConZip 88 14,555 19,235 19.2%
OXYCODONE Oxycodone Hydrochloride 78 55,140 21,279 28.9%
FENTANYL FENTANYL 70 42,491 15,153 45.0%
METAMIZOLE - 57 821 3,361 14.6%
LIDOCAINE Burn Relief 50 1,738 5,570 7.6%
NEFOPAM - 46 360 1,685 12.6%
HYDROMORPHONE Hydromorphone Hydrochloride 43 28,491 10,395 34.1%
ROPIVACAINE Ropivacaine Hydrochloride 42 150 921 5.1%
KETOPROFEN Orudis 34 393 2,947 7.1%
DICLOFENAC Diclofenac Sodium Delayed Release 24 6,378 16,398 7.3%
LEVOBUPIVACAINE - 23 12 150 3.0%
GABAPENTIN Gabapentin 20 11,101 16,499 14.9%
CELECOXIB Celecoxib 19 4,470 9,081 14.1%
CODEINE Codeine-Guaifenesin 17 5,971 3,758 27.2%
KETOROLAC TROMETHAMINE ketorolac tromethamine 17 235 1,332 3.8%

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