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Respiratory distress: Which Medications Are Safest? (143 Drugs Compared)

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143 medications are used for Respiratory distress, with 420 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Respiratory distress are ALBUTEROL and EPINEPHRINE.

420
Total Reports
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Drugs Used

All Medications for Respiratory distress Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
ALBUTEROL Albuterol Sulfate 67 3,145 19,388 3.3%
EPINEPHRINE EPINEPHRINE 42 1,469 4,388 9.7%
METHYLPREDNISOLONE Medroloan II SUIK 35 12,828 26,552 20.1%
DEXAMETHASONE Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate 27 22,319 51,311 17.8%
PREDNISONE prednisone 21 22,555 57,772 14.2%
IPRATROPIUM Ipratropium bromide 20 860 3,389 11.4%
FUROSEMIDE Furosemide 16 6,131 30,446 11.8%
BERACTANT Survanta 15 122 27 57.3%
PREDNISOLONE Prednisolone Sodium Phosphate 12 13,159 32,883 16.3%
MONTELUKAST Montelukast 11 873 7,555 3.2%
PALIVIZUMAB Synagis 11 1,248 6,461 10.9%
NITRIC Ulspira 10 868 290 28.3%
VANCOMYCIN Vancomycin Hydrochloride 10 5,348 15,776 15.8%
HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN G BIVIGAM 9 5,286 16,081 7.5%
ALBUTEROL\IPRATROPIUM - 8 531 1,974 6.1%
CALFACTANT INFASURF 8 6 5 14.6%
PORACTANT ALFA Curosurf 8 168 44 29.8%
AZITHROMYCIN ANHYDROUS - 7 1,333 4,313 9.2%
CODEINE Codeine-Guaifenesin 7 5,971 3,758 27.2%
REMDESIVIR Veklury 7 2,729 2,556 26.0%

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