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Steroid therapy: Which Medications Are Safest? (126 Drugs Compared)

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126 medications are used for Steroid therapy, with 973 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Steroid therapy are PREDNISONE and METHYLPREDNISOLONE.

973
Total Reports
126
Drugs Used

All Medications for Steroid therapy Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
PREDNISONE prednisone 183 22,555 57,772 14.2%
METHYLPREDNISOLONE Medroloan II SUIK 172 12,828 26,552 20.1%
DEXAMETHASONE Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate 161 22,319 51,311 17.8%
PREDNISOLONE Prednisolone Sodium Phosphate 115 13,159 32,883 16.3%
DENOSUMAB Bilprevda 71 19,354 17,749 13.0%
HYDROCORTISONE Hydrocortisone Cream Intensive Healing 54 5,314 10,582 21.6%
DUPILUMAB Dupixent 43 1,536 17,008 0.4%
TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE Triamcinolone Acetonide 36 1,874 3,276 11.2%
TESTOSTERONE Testosterone 31 1,091 5,432 4.0%
TRIAMCINOLONE - 19 369 1,419 5.5%
TOCILIZUMAB Tocilizumab-anoh 14 9,543 24,039 9.7%
BETAMETHASONE Betamethasone Valerate 13 941 2,548 12.0%
ALENDRONIC ACID - 12 2,927 3,993 36.4%
AZATHIOPRINE AZATHIOPRINE 10 4,579 10,817 13.8%
TRENBOLONE - 8 28 109 16.5%
BUDESONIDE BREYNA 7 987 6,421 3.9%
TERIPARATIDE Bonsity 7 1,519 5,115 2.2%
CLOBETASOL CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE 6 107 610 1.4%
ZOLEDRONIC ACID Zoledronic acid 6 5,240 8,346 15.6%
CLENBUTEROL - 5 23 104 16.9%

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