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(Report ID: 78019)

Drug interactions and side effects analysis of:
Fluorouracil

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As of Nov, 21, 2008, eHealthMe analyzes 10,180,647 drug interactions and side effects of 21,667 FDA-approved drugs from 1977 to the present.

Results on Nov, 21, 2008: 18,728 relevant incidents

Trend of Fluorouracil'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
78019Mar, 24, 200681

Male

List of drugs the patient takes:

Drug

Fluorouracil

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

Name

Cardio-respiratory Arrest

Dehydration

Mucosal Inflammation

Renal Failure Acute

Results from eHealthMe: 18,728 relevent incidents

1) Comparison with the patient's adverse outcomes:

NameCount (% of total reports)

Cardio-respiratory Arrest

136 (0.73%)

Dehydration

1,665 (8.89%)

Mucosal Inflammation

502 (2.68%)

Renal Failure Acute

416 (2.22%)

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

Death: 59 (4.00% of total reports)
Cancer: 19 (1.29% of total reports)

NameCount (% of total reports)

1

Diarrhoea

160 (10.85%)

2

Dehydration

91 (6.17%)

3

Febrile Neutropenia

86 (5.83%)

4

Vomiting

84 (5.70%)

5

Neutropenia

77 (5.22%)

6

Nausea

68 (4.61%)

7

Sepsis

59 (4.00%)

8

Anaemia

53 (3.60%)

9

Pyrexia

50 (3.39%)

10

Death

49 (3.32%)

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

NameCount

1

Oxaliplatin

550

2

Leucovorin Calcium

479

3

Bevacizumab

240

4

Avastin

219

5

Cisplatin

178

6

Irinotecan Hcl

177

7

Panitumumab

176

8

Folinic Acid

154

9

Cyclophosphamide

118

10

Eloxatin

105

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

Death: 334 (1.78% of total reports)
Cancer: 408 (2.18% of total reports)

NameCount (% of total reports)

1

Neutropenia

1,798 (9.60%)

2

Dehydration

1,665 (8.89%)

3

Pyrexia

1,557 (8.31%)

4

Nausea

1,549 (8.27%)

5

Diarrhoea

1,353 (7.22%)

6

Diarrhoea Nos

1,097 (5.86%)

7

Vomiting

1,082 (5.78%)

8

Febrile Neutropenia

915 (4.89%)

9

Vomiting Nos

792 (4.23%)

10

Thrombocytopenia

735 (3.92%)

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

NameCount

1

Leucovorin Calcium

6,810

2

Cisplatin

2,849

3

Oxaliplatin

2,139

4

Avastin

2,103

5

Cyclophosphamide

1,764

6

Camptosar

1,586

7

Eloxatin

1,276

8

Irinotecan Hcl

1,141

9

Dexamethasone

942

10

Epirubicin

915

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