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Tonsillitis: Which Medications Are Safest? (187 Drugs Compared)

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187 medications are used for Tonsillitis, with 1,932 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Tonsillitis are AMOXICILLIN and CLARITHROMYCIN.

1,932
Total Reports
187
Drugs Used

All Medications for Tonsillitis Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
AMOXICILLIN Amoxicillin and Clavulanate Potassium 592 1,212 11,721 4.0%
CLARITHROMYCIN Clarithromycin 259 987 6,385 5.2%
IBUPROFEN equate ibuprofen 198 6,705 29,386 7.7%
AMOXICILLIN\CLAVULANIC ACID - 162 885 5,097 8.4%
AZITHROMYCIN AZITHROMYCIN 117 1,405 5,983 8.0%
AMOXICILLIN\CLAVULANATE - 107 998 6,376 6.5%
PENICILLIN V Penicillin V Potassium 94 178 729 5.8%
ACETAMINOPHEN Hydrocodone Bitartrate and Acetaminophen 68 30,085 50,046 22.0%
AZITHROMYCIN ANHYDROUS - 64 1,333 4,313 9.2%
CLINDAMYCIN XACIATO 47 986 5,320 5.8%
LEVOFLOXACIN Levofloxacin 43 2,747 13,832 6.8%
CEFTRIAXONE Ceftriaxone 30 2,926 9,596 15.1%
CEFUROXIME AXETIL Cefuroxime axetil 30 144 755 5.0%
PREDNISOLONE Prednisolone Sodium Phosphate 30 13,159 32,883 16.3%
CIPROFLOXACIN Ciprofloxacin 29 2,671 13,894 6.1%
CEFUROXIME Cefuroxime sodium 20 439 2,274 8.4%
PENICILLIN - 19 66 411 3.2%
PENICILLIN G Penicillin G Potassium 19 187 599 5.1%
SULFAMETHOXAZOLE\TRIMETHOPRIM - 19 5,777 19,426 14.9%
CEFPODOXIME - 16 19 257 4.8%

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