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(Report ID: 108016)

Drug interactions and side effects analysis of:
Avandamet

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As of Nov, 20, 2008, eHealthMe analyzes 10,180,594 drug interactions and side effects of 21,667 FDA-approved drugs from 1977 to the present.

Results on Nov, 20, 2008: 2,883 relevant incidents

Trend of Avandamet's relevant incidents of drug interactions and side effects

    Note:
  • The incidents can not include all actual occurrences
  • Data of 2008 is not complete

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Content:

Basic information:

Report IDDate of submissionPatient agePatient gender
108016May, 1, 2006Not specified

Male

List of drugs the patient takes:

Drug

Avandamet

List of drug interactions, adverse side effects / events the patient has:

Name

Aggression

Irritability

Mood Altered

Mood Swings

Screaming

Results from eHealthMe: 2,883 relevent incidents

1) Comparison with the patient's adverse outcomes:

NameCount (% of total reports)

Aggression

4 (0.14%)

Irritability

11 (0.38%)

Mood Altered

2 (0.07%)

Mood Swings

3 (0.10%)

Screaming

2 (0.07%)

2) Top drug interactions, adverse side effects reported for the past 12 months:

Death: 6 (2.44% of total reports)
Cancer: 1 (0.41% of total reports)

NameCount (% of total reports)

1

Myocardial Infarction

65 (26.42%)

2

Blood Glucose Increased

34 (13.82%)

3

Nausea

18 (7.32%)

4

Weight Decreased

17 (6.91%)

5

Cardiac Failure

14 (5.69%)

6

Dyspnoea

13 (5.28%)

7

Renal Failure

12 (4.88%)

8

Weight Increased

11 (4.47%)

9

Dizziness

10 (4.07%)

10

Oedema Peripheral

10 (4.07%)

3) Top co-used drugs drugs reported for the past 12 months:

NameCount

1

Avandia

71

2

Byetta

53

3

Avandaryl

51

4

Metformin Hcl

37

5

Aspirin

30

6

Simvastatin

20

7

Lipitor

13

8

Lisinopril

11

9

Lantus

11

10

Ramipril

10

4) Top drug interactions, adverse side effects reported of all time:

Death: 27 (0.94% of total reports)
Cancer: 13 (0.45% of total reports)

NameCount (% of total reports)

1

Blood Glucose Increased

409 (14.19%)

2

Nausea

314 (10.89%)

3

Weight Increased

216 (7.49%)

4

Weight Decreased

204 (7.08%)

5

Diarrhoea

197 (6.83%)

6

Drug Ineffective

171 (5.93%)

7

Dizziness

161 (5.58%)

8

Myocardial Infarction

150 (5.20%)

9

Oedema Peripheral

148 (5.13%)

10

Fatigue

147 (5.10%)

5) Top co-used drugs drugs reported of all time:

NameCount

1

Byetta

503

2

Avandia

411

3

Aspirin

317

4

Lipitor

251

5

Amaryl

185

6

Metformin Hcl

183

7

Lantus

135

8

Glucophage

125

9

Lisinopril

125

10

Zocor

115

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