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(Report ID: 45007)

Drug interactions and side effects analysis of:
Megace

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As of Nov, 20, 2008, eHealthMe analyzes 10,180,591 drug interactions and side effects of 21,667 FDA-approved drugs from 1977 to the present.

Results on Nov, 20, 2008: 4,106 relevant incidents

Trend of Megace'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
45007Feb, 13, 200655

Male

List of drugs the patient takes:

Drug

Megace

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

Name

Death

Results from eHealthMe: 4,106 relevent incidents

1) Comparison with the patient's adverse outcomes:

NameCount (% of total reports)

Death

280 (6.82%)

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

Death: 12 (5.36% of total reports)
Cancer: 7 (3.13% of total reports)

NameCount (% of total reports)

1

Dehydration

29 (12.95%)

2

Pneumonia

23 (10.27%)

3

Dyspnoea

22 (9.82%)

4

Anaemia

20 (8.93%)

5

Asthenia

19 (8.48%)

6

Nausea

19 (8.48%)

7

Thrombocytopenia

17 (7.59%)

8

Sepsis

17 (7.59%)

9

Diarrhoea

17 (7.59%)

10

Renal Failure

15 (6.70%)

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

NameCount

1

Paclitaxel

34

2

Carboplatin

31

3

Aspirin

30

4

Sorafenib

30

5

Compazine

29

6

Lasix

29

7

Benadryl

25

8

Reglan

24

9

Decadron

24

10

Folic Acid

22

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

Death: 300 (7.31% of total reports)
Cancer: 148 (3.60% of total reports)

NameCount (% of total reports)

1

Dehydration

442 (10.76%)

2

Nausea

347 (8.45%)

3

Asthenia

300 (7.31%)

4

Fatigue

285 (6.94%)

5

Death

280 (6.82%)

6

Pyrexia

263 (6.41%)

7

Haemoglobin Decreased

217 (5.28%)

8

Dyspnoea

202 (4.92%)

9

Malignant Neoplasm Progression

189 (4.60%)

10

Weight Decreased

187 (4.55%)

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

NameCount

1

Aspirin

357

2

Compazine

344

3

Lasix

314

4

Coumadin

306

5

Carboplatin

273

6

Ativan

245

7

Oxycontin

238

8

Decadron

234

9

Fluorouracil

233

10

Zofran

230

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