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Type 1 diabetes mellitus: Which Medications Are Safest? (252 Drugs Compared)

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252 medications are used for Type 1 diabetes mellitus, with 25,604 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Type 1 diabetes mellitus are INSULIN LISPRO and INSULIN GLARGINE.

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All Medications for Type 1 diabetes mellitus Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
INSULIN LISPRO Humalog KwikPen 9,401 1,285 10,547 1.6%
INSULIN GLARGINE Lantus Solostar 6,569 2,311 13,970 2.3%
INSULIN ASPART NovoLog Mix 70/30 3,913 1,350 7,879 6.1%
INSULIN HUMAN Humulin N 2,150 831 5,963 3.0%
INSULIN DEGLUDEC TRESIBA 1,459 555 2,549 4.8%
INSULIN DETEMIR Levemir 794 373 2,723 3.9%
INSULIN GLULISINE Apidra 569 213 1,176 6.2%
DEVICE - 495 398 1,716 3.1%
CANAGLIFLOZIN INVOKANA 422 544 9,503 2.2%
EMPAGLIFLOZIN Jardiance 383 1,624 12,216 4.4%
DAPAGLIFLOZIN QTERN 308 3,633 8,467 17.0%
DULAGLUTIDE Trulicity 295 1,054 6,536 1.4%
METFORMIN Metformin Hydrochloride 285 11,550 40,702 12.7%
INSULIN NOS - 268 1,071 2,441 17.6%
SEMAGLUTIDE WEGOVY 245 792 11,258 1.3%
INSULIN GLARGINE-YFGN - 181 3 42 0.2%
INSULIN LISPRO-AABC - 174 5 36 0.6%
LIRAGLUTIDE Victoza 158 994 4,819 4.3%
TIRZEPATIDE Zepbound 158 455 5,527 0.5%
LANTUS SOLOSTAR - 129 42 266 1.7%

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