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Productive cough: Which Medications Are Safest? (183 Drugs Compared)

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183 medications are used for Productive cough, with 1,801 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Productive cough are GUAIFENESIN and DEXTROMETHORPHAN HYDROBROMIDE\GUAIFENESIN.

1,801
Total Reports
183
Drugs Used

All Medications for Productive cough Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
GUAIFENESIN Guaifenesin and Pseudoephedrine HCl 522 158 371 2.0%
DEXTROMETHORPHAN HYDROBROMIDE\GUAIFENESIN - 294 66 237 1.0%
ALBUTEROL Albuterol Sulfate 101 3,145 19,388 3.3%
BUDESONIDE BREYNA 56 987 6,421 3.9%
LEVOFLOXACIN Levofloxacin 45 2,747 13,832 6.8%
ACETYLCYSTEINE Acetylcysteine 36 421 1,199 17.5%
CARBOCYSTEINE - 35 129 407 18.5%
FORMOTEROL\MOMETASONE FUROATE - 34 104 1,722 1.3%
CETIRIZINE Cetirizine 32 4,787 8,423 10.0%
AMOXICILLIN Amoxicillin and Clavulanate Potassium 31 1,212 11,721 4.0%
AMBROXOL - 29 55 441 6.1%
LORATADINE Curist Allergy Relief 28 372 1,472 1.5%
GUAIFENESIN\PSEUDOEPHEDRINE - 27 14 15 1.5%
FLUTICASONE ADVAIR DISKUS 25 1,043 3,658 3.3%
CLARITHROMYCIN Clarithromycin 23 987 6,385 5.2%
IPRATROPIUM Ipratropium bromide 23 860 3,389 11.4%
PREDNISONE prednisone 23 22,555 57,772 14.2%
FLUTICASONE FUROATE\VILANTEROL TRIFENATATE - 20 841 4,710 3.4%
AMOXICILLIN\CLAVULANIC ACID - 19 885 5,097 8.4%
BUDESONIDE\FORMOTEROL - 19 3,117 9,869 8.6%

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Most Reported Drugs for Productive cough

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