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Respiratory failure: Which Medications Are Safest? (228 Drugs Compared)

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228 medications are used for Respiratory failure, with 1,030 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Respiratory failure are METHYLPREDNISOLONE and NITRIC.

1,030
Total Reports
228
Drugs Used

All Medications for Respiratory failure Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
METHYLPREDNISOLONE Medroloan II SUIK 124 12,828 26,552 20.1%
NITRIC Ulspira 56 868 290 28.3%
DEXAMETHASONE Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate 50 22,319 51,311 17.8%
PIPERACILLIN\TAZOBACTAM - 49 3,372 10,462 17.6%
REMDESIVIR Veklury 40 2,729 2,556 26.0%
OXYGEN Oxygen 39 307 762 16.5%
ALBUTEROL Albuterol Sulfate 31 3,145 19,388 3.3%
TOCILIZUMAB Tocilizumab-anoh 28 9,543 24,039 9.7%
PREDNISOLONE Prednisolone Sodium Phosphate 25 13,159 32,883 16.3%
TIOTROPIUM Tiotropium Bromide 25 2,186 12,042 4.7%
FUROSEMIDE Furosemide 24 6,131 30,446 11.8%
FLUTICASONE\SALMETEROL - 23 2,045 11,693 4.3%
PREDNISONE prednisone 23 22,555 57,772 14.2%
AZITHROMYCIN AZITHROMYCIN 21 1,405 5,983 8.0%
EPINEPHRINE EPINEPHRINE 21 1,469 4,388 9.7%
LEVOFLOXACIN Levofloxacin 21 2,747 13,832 6.8%
HYDROCORTISONE Hydrocortisone Cream Intensive Healing 20 5,314 10,582 21.6%
PALIVIZUMAB Synagis 20 1,248 6,461 10.9%
IPRATROPIUM Ipratropium bromide 19 860 3,389 11.4%
LINEZOLID Linezolid 19 2,952 7,491 16.4%

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