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Premedication: Which Medications Are Safest? (438 Drugs Compared)

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438 medications are used for Premedication, with 7,872 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Premedication are METHYLPREDNISOLONE and DIPHENHYDRAMINE.

7,872
Total Reports
438
Drugs Used

All Medications for Premedication Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
METHYLPREDNISOLONE Medroloan II SUIK 2,339 12,828 26,552 20.1%
DIPHENHYDRAMINE Allergy Relief 2,227 10,508 6,849 40.7%
ACETAMINOPHEN Hydrocodone Bitartrate and Acetaminophen 1,611 30,085 50,046 22.0%
ONDANSETRON ONDANSETRON 1,101 2,519 8,527 11.1%
DEXAMETHASONE Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate 786 22,319 51,311 17.8%
DEXCHLORPHENIRAMINE RYCLORA 565 128 813 8.0%
RANITIDINE Ranitidine 564 26,824 7,673 6.4%
HYDROCORTISONE Hydrocortisone Cream Intensive Healing 443 5,314 10,582 21.6%
CETIRIZINE Cetirizine 363 4,787 8,423 10.0%
APREPITANT CINVANTI 339 1,195 2,917 21.3%
DIMENHYDRINATE Driminate 291 160 836 8.3%
FAMOTIDINE FAMOTIDINE 181 441 1,410 5.3%
PREDNISOLONE Prednisolone Sodium Phosphate 181 13,159 32,883 16.3%
PREDNISONE prednisone 169 22,555 57,772 14.2%
MIDAZOLAM Midazolam 148 1,808 4,691 16.2%
ACYCLOVIR Acyclovir 119 2,057 6,095 14.5%
BUSULFAN Busulfan 114 3,122 2,271 27.7%
METOCLOPRAMIDE metoclopramide hydrochloride 99 1,398 3,915 12.8%
MONTELUKAST Montelukast 92 873 7,555 3.2%
FLUDARABINE Fludarabine Phosphate 91 6,831 6,745 28.9%

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