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Spinal anaesthesia: Which Medications Are Safest? (91 Drugs Compared)

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91 medications are used for Spinal anaesthesia, with 2,469 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Spinal anaesthesia are BUPIVACAINE and MORPHINE.

2,469
Total Reports
91
Drugs Used

All Medications for Spinal anaesthesia Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
BUPIVACAINE Bupivacaine Hydrochloride 2,033 466 2,367 4.1%
MORPHINE Morphine Sulfate 377 38,212 17,386 31.7%
FENTANYL FENTANYL 309 42,491 15,153 45.0%
SUFENTANIL Sufentanil Citrate 132 382 1,651 8.8%
LIDOCAINE Burn Relief 107 1,738 5,570 7.6%
EPINEPHRINE EPINEPHRINE 41 1,469 4,388 9.7%
TRANEXAMIC ACID Tranexamic Acid 39 319 1,225 10.3%
ROPIVACAINE Ropivacaine Hydrochloride 38 150 921 5.1%
CLONIDINE Clonidine hydrochloride 30 2,401 3,920 19.1%
FENTANYL\FENTANYL - 25 1,564 1,000 41.9%
BUPIVACAINE\BUPIVACAINE ANHYDROUS - 23 11 39 8.9%
BUPIVACAINE\DEXTROSE - 21 0 6 N/A
MEPIVACAINE Mepivacaine 21 19 183 2.7%
DIAMORPHINE - 19 4,735 1,656 52.6%
MIDAZOLAM Midazolam 18 1,808 4,691 16.2%
EPHEDRINE Ephedrine Sulfate 13 195 369 16.9%
PHENYLEPHRINE Phenylephrine Hydrochloride 13 1,479 2,093 37.7%
MARCAINE SPINAL - 12 0 0 N/A
LEVOBUPIVACAINE - 11 12 150 3.0%
CHLOROPROCAINE Chloroprocaine Hydrochloride 9 1 18 1.1%

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