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Rheumatoid arthritis: Which Medications Are Safest? (1,183 Drugs Compared)

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1,183 medications are used for Rheumatoid arthritis, with 689,780 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Rheumatoid arthritis are ETANERCEPT and ADALIMUMAB.

689,780
Total Reports
1,183
Drugs Used

All Medications for Rheumatoid arthritis Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
ETANERCEPT ENBREL 186,585 10,338 36,932 2.9%
ADALIMUMAB YUSIMRY 154,287 21,807 108,264 4.4%
METHOTREXATE Methotrexate 84,654 21,265 68,793 8.4%
TOFACITINIB XELJANZ XR 77,765 7,847 21,976 5.0%
ABATACEPT ORENCIA 75,236 7,681 21,254 6.6%
TOCILIZUMAB Tocilizumab-anoh 55,449 9,543 24,039 9.7%
CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL Cimzia 47,602 5,361 17,641 5.4%
RITUXIMAB Rituxan 40,017 28,910 54,631 16.2%
UPADACITINIB Rinvoq 33,555 2,406 15,931 3.7%
GOLIMUMAB SIMPONI ARIA 31,947 4,866 15,471 7.0%
LEFLUNOMIDE Leflunomide 29,407 5,283 13,923 9.3%
INFLIXIMAB Renflexis 28,804 7,516 36,324 5.4%
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE SULFATE 27,028 6,506 16,905 9.8%
SULFASALAZINE Azulfidine EN-tabs 24,199 4,179 10,284 10.4%
PREDNISONE prednisone 14,808 22,555 57,772 14.2%
SARILUMAB KEVZARA 14,766 1,983 3,538 9.2%
HUMIRA - 11,051 526 3,568 1.3%
ENBREL - 9,897 312 1,784 1.7%
FOLIC ACID Folic Acid 9,396 4,840 8,542 21.2%
DESOXIMETASONE Desoximetasone 9,049 3,743 4,664 32.2%

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