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(Report ID: 135059)

Drug interactions and side effects analysis of:
Metformin Hcl

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As of Nov, 20, 2008, eHealthMe analyzes 10,180,583 drug interactions and side effects of 21,667 FDA-approved drugs from 1977 to the present.

Results on Nov, 20, 2008: 57,654 relevant incidents

Trend of Metformin Hcl'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
135059Jun, 4, 200657

Male

List of drugs the patient takes:

Drug

Metformin Hcl

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

Name

Haemodialysis

Lactic Acidosis

Renal Failure Acute

Results from eHealthMe: 57,654 relevent incidents

1) Comparison with the patient's adverse outcomes:

NameCount (% of total reports)

Haemodialysis

567 (0.98%)

Lactic Acidosis

2,238 (3.88%)

Renal Failure Acute

2,016 (3.50%)

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

Death: 79 (1.68% of total reports)
Cancer: 62 (1.31% of total reports)

NameCount (% of total reports)

1

Blood Glucose Increased

926 (19.64%)

2

Nausea

624 (13.23%)

3

Weight Decreased

547 (11.60%)

4

Vomiting

297 (6.30%)

5

Blood Glucose Decreased

279 (5.92%)

6

Diarrhoea

267 (5.66%)

7

Decreased Appetite

266 (5.64%)

8

Dizziness

221 (4.69%)

9

Drug Ineffective

217 (4.60%)

10

Dyspnoea

187 (3.97%)

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

NameCount

1

Byetta

2,035

2

Glucophage

994

3

Aspirin

685

4

Glyburide

457

5

Lisinopril

392

6

Lipitor

365

7

Lantus

361

8

Glipizide

328

9

Actos

317

10

Simvastatin

271

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

Death: 745 (1.29% of total reports)
Cancer: 628 (1.09% of total reports)

NameCount (% of total reports)

1

Blood Glucose Increased

8,417 (14.60%)

2

Nausea

7,252 (12.58%)

3

Weight Decreased

5,657 (9.81%)

4

Vomiting

2,811 (4.88%)

5

Blood Glucose Decreased

2,734 (4.74%)

6

Diarrhoea

2,723 (4.72%)

7

Drug Ineffective

2,668 (4.63%)

8

Decreased Appetite

2,618 (4.54%)

9

Fatigue

2,408 (4.18%)

10

Dizziness

2,239 (3.88%)

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

NameCount

1

Glucophage

26,194

2

Byetta

14,029

3

Aspirin

7,152

4

Avandia

6,631

5

Glyburide

5,489

6

Lipitor

5,373

7

Actos

4,969

8

Amaryl

3,867

9

Glipizide

3,677

10

Lisinopril

3,411

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