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Rosacea: Which Medications Are Safest? (163 Drugs Compared)

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163 medications are used for Rosacea, with 3,780 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Rosacea are METRONIDAZOLE and BRIMONIDINE.

3,780
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Drugs Used

All Medications for Rosacea Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
METRONIDAZOLE metronidazole 675 2,188 7,909 9.7%
BRIMONIDINE BRIMONIDINE TARTRATE 623 59 367 0.5%
IVERMECTIN Ivermectin 464 221 600 7.3%
DOXYCYCLINE Doxycycline 360 1,653 5,618 9.3%
MIRVASO - 313 1 3 0.2%
AZELAIC ACID azelaic acid 310 355 241 29.5%
OXYMETAZOLINE Nasal 157 31 120 0.7%
ADAPALENE Differin 133 6 68 0.0%
MINOCYCLINE Minocycline Hydrochloride 125 1,530 2,364 23.2%
ISOTRETINOIN Amnesteem 105 301 1,450 0.9%
AVOBENZONE\OCTISALATE\OCTOCRYLENE - 83 2 32 0.0%
MINOCYCLINE\MINOCYCLINE - 71 118 354 7.9%
DOXYCYCLINE HYCLATE Doxycycline Hyclate 66 1,164 1,650 19.1%
PIMECROLIMUS Pimecrolimus 46 3 69 0.2%
DUPILUMAB Dupixent 40 1,536 17,008 0.4%
FINACEA - 26 0 1 N/A
TACROLIMUS Tacrolimus 26 14,642 36,664 16.1%
CLINDAMYCIN XACIATO 24 986 5,320 5.8%
TRETINOIN Tretinoin 20 576 837 13.9%
KETOCONAZOLE Ketoconazole 18 132 330 2.4%

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