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Viral infection: Which Medications Are Safest? (248 Drugs Compared)

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248 medications are used for Viral infection, with 924 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Viral infection are ACETAMINOPHEN and IBUPROFEN.

924
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248
Drugs Used

All Medications for Viral infection Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
ACETAMINOPHEN Hydrocodone Bitartrate and Acetaminophen 108 30,085 50,046 22.0%
IBUPROFEN equate ibuprofen 98 6,705 29,386 7.7%
VALACYCLOVIR Valacyclovir Hydrochloride 73 812 6,169 6.2%
ACYCLOVIR Acyclovir 67 2,057 6,095 14.5%
OSELTAMIVIR oseltamavir phosphate 44 1,045 2,284 8.9%
ALBUTEROL Albuterol Sulfate 29 3,145 19,388 3.3%
GANCICLOVIR Ganciclovir 26 1,469 1,735 29.4%
NIRMATRELVIR\RITONAVIR - 22 484 2,738 0.9%
AZITHROMYCIN AZITHROMYCIN 18 1,405 5,983 8.0%
LEVOFLOXACIN Levofloxacin 16 2,747 13,832 6.8%
VALGANCICLOVIR VALGANCICLOVIR 14 1,274 3,092 16.1%
AMOXICILLIN Amoxicillin and Clavulanate Potassium 12 1,212 11,721 4.0%
EFAVIRENZ Efavirenz, Emtricitabine and Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate 12 962 1,528 12.2%
HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN G BIVIGAM 12 5,286 16,081 7.5%
AZITHROMYCIN ANHYDROUS - 11 1,333 4,313 9.2%
DICLOFENAC Diclofenac Sodium Delayed Release 11 6,378 16,398 7.3%
PREDNISONE prednisone 11 22,555 57,772 14.2%
AMOXICILLIN\CLAVULANATE - 10 998 6,376 6.5%
CLEMASTINE Clemastine Fumarate 10 54 319 8.8%
DEXTROMETHORPHAN HYDROBROMIDE\GUAIFENESIN - 10 66 237 1.0%

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