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Radiotherapy: Which Medications Are Safest? (110 Drugs Compared)

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110 medications are used for Radiotherapy, with 266 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Radiotherapy are DEXAMETHASONE and TEMOZOLOMIDE.

266
Total Reports
110
Drugs Used

All Medications for Radiotherapy Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
DEXAMETHASONE Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate 47 22,319 51,311 17.8%
TEMOZOLOMIDE TEMOZOLOMIDE 12 3,099 4,302 18.2%
AMIFOSTINE - 11 7 35 5.6%
YTTRIUM Y-90 - 11 33 63 24.6%
CARBOPLATIN Carboplatin 9 12,544 35,869 14.9%
POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 3350 Polyethylene Glycol 3350, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Bicarbonate and Potassium Chloride - Unflavored 9 478 1,116 1.3%
CAPECITABINE Capecitabine 8 8,892 17,529 14.0%
DENOSUMAB Bilprevda 7 19,354 17,749 13.0%
ANASTROZOLE Anastrozole 6 927 2,427 8.1%
DURVALUMAB IMFINZI 6 5,088 5,968 29.7%
IOHEXOL Iohexol 6 298 1,604 5.1%
SODIUM IODIDE I-131 HICON 6 29 51 7.8%
BEVACIZUMAB JOBEVNE 5 17,498 23,114 22.4%
LEVOTHYROXINE LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM 5 4,539 12,155 7.4%
PACLITAXEL PACLITAXEL PACLITAXEL 5 12,030 31,638 15.6%
TAMSULOSIN Tamsulosin Hydrochloride 5 1,554 5,012 9.9%

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Most Reported Drugs for Radiotherapy

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