Type 2 diabetes mellitus: Which Medications Are Safest? (674 Drugs Compared)
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674 medications are used for Type 2 diabetes mellitus, with 241,710 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Type 2 diabetes mellitus are INSULIN GLARGINE and METFORMIN.
241,710
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Drugs Used
All Medications for Type 2 diabetes mellitus Ranked by Safety Reports
| Drug | Brand | Reports | Deaths (all) | Hosp. (all) | Death Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INSULIN GLARGINE | Lantus Solostar | 41,731 | 2,311 | 13,970 | 2.3% |
| METFORMIN | Metformin Hydrochloride | 25,080 | 11,550 | 40,702 | 12.7% |
| DULAGLUTIDE | Trulicity | 24,742 | 1,054 | 6,536 | 1.4% |
| SEMAGLUTIDE | WEGOVY | 17,910 | 792 | 11,258 | 1.3% |
| INSULIN LISPRO | Humalog KwikPen | 16,871 | 1,285 | 10,547 | 1.6% |
| EXENATIDE | Exenatide | 16,403 | 1,228 | 2,512 | 3.9% |
| TIRZEPATIDE | Zepbound | 14,571 | 455 | 5,527 | 0.5% |
| EMPAGLIFLOZIN | Jardiance | 12,176 | 1,624 | 12,216 | 4.4% |
| CANAGLIFLOZIN | INVOKANA | 10,795 | 544 | 9,503 | 2.2% |
| PIOGLITAZONE | PIOGLITAZONE | 8,418 | 1,954 | 1,485 | 16.6% |
| LIRAGLUTIDE | Victoza | 7,740 | 994 | 4,819 | 4.3% |
| INSULIN HUMAN | Humulin N | 6,567 | 831 | 5,963 | 3.0% |
| SITAGLIPTIN | JANUVIA | 6,353 | 2,412 | 6,668 | 12.1% |
| INSULIN ASPART | NovoLog Mix 70/30 | 5,748 | 1,350 | 7,879 | 6.1% |
| DAPAGLIFLOZIN | QTERN | 5,444 | 3,633 | 8,467 | 17.0% |
| ALBIGLUTIDE | - | 4,705 | 33 | 323 | 0.4% |
| INSULIN DEGLUDEC | TRESIBA | 4,068 | 555 | 2,549 | 4.8% |
| DEVICE | - | 3,625 | 398 | 1,716 | 3.1% |
| INSULIN DETEMIR | Levemir | 3,260 | 373 | 2,723 | 3.9% |
| DAPAGLIFLOZIN PROPANEDIOL | FARXIGA | 3,053 | 3,694 | 2,425 | 21.9% |