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From FDA reports: Prilosec and Pernicious anaemia

This is a study of Pernicious anaemia among people who take Prilosec. The study analyzes: the time on Prilosec when people have Pernicious anaemia, gender and age of these people, the severity of Pernicious anaemia, how they recovered, and common conditions and drugs used besides Prilosec. In total 56,586 Prilosec users are studied. The study is created by eHealthMe based on reports from FDA and is updated regularly.

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Prilosec

Prilosec has active ingredients of omeprazole. It is used in gastroesophageal reflux disease, gastric ulcer, reflux gastritis, abdominal pain, indigestion. Commonly reported side effects of Prilosec include nausea, pain, fatigue, chest pain, weakness.

Pernicious anaemia

Pernicious anaemia has been reported by people with osteoporosis, hypothyroidism, osteopenia, depression, high blood pressure.

On Jun, 20, 2013: 56,586 people reported to have side effects when taking Prilosec. Among them, 19 people (0.03%) have Pernicious Anaemia.

Trend of Pernicious anaemia in Prilosec reports

**Time on Prilosec when people have Pernicious anaemia * :**

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**Gender of people who have Pernicious anaemia when taking Prilosec * :**

	Female	Male
Pernicious anaemia	65.00%	35.00%

**Age of people who have Pernicious anaemia when taking Prilosec * :**

	0-1	2-9	10-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60+
Pernicious anaemia	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	17.65%	0.00%	35.29%	23.53%	23.53%

Severity of Pernicious anaemia when taking Prilosec :**

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How people recovered from Pernicious anaemia :**

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**Top conditions involved for these people * :**

Ulcer (6 people, 31.58%)
Asthma (6 people, 31.58%)
Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (6 people, 31.58%)
Hypothyroidism (6 people, 31.58%)
Nausea (5 people, 26.32%)

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**Top co-used drugs for these people * :**

Albuterol (6 people, 31.58%)
Betaseron (6 people, 31.58%)
Prozac (6 people, 31.58%)
Effexor (6 people, 31.58%)
Prilosec otc (5 people, 26.32%)

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* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.

** Reports from social media are used.

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