How effective is Hydrocortisone for Itching? (by duration, gender, age)
Summary:
Overall ratings: 2.8/5 Long term ratings: 2/5
This is a phase IV clinical study of how effective Hydrocortisone (hydrocortisone) is for Itching and for what kind of people. The study is created by eHealthMe from 4 Hydrocortisone users and is updated continuously.
Phase IV trials are used to detect adverse drug outcomes and monitor drug effectiveness in the real world. With medical big data and AI algorithms, eHealthMe is running millions of phase IV trials and makes the results available to the public. Our original studies have been referenced on 600+ medical publications including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature.
4 people are studied for taking Hydrocortisone in Itching
What is Hydrocortisone?
Hydrocortisone has active ingredients of hydrocortisone. It is often used in addison's disease. eHealthMe is studying from 23,433 Hydrocortisone users for its effectiveness, alternative drugs and more.
What is Itching?
Itching is found to be associated with 4,486 drugs and 4,368 conditions by eHealthMe.
Overall effectiveness (number of people):

Long term (1+ years) effectiveness (number of people):

Hydrocortisone effectiveness for Itching (number of people):
Overall:
- not at all: 0
- somewhat: 1
- moderate: 3
- high: 0
- very high: 0
Long Term:
- not at all: 0
- somewhat: 1
- moderate: 0
- high: 0
- very high: 0
Gender of people who take Hydrocortisone for Itching *:
- female: 50 %
- male: 50 %
Age of people who take Hydrocortisone for Itching *:
- 0-1: 0.0 %
- 2-9: 0.0 %
- 10-19: 0.0 %
- 20-29: 25 %
- 30-39: 50 %
- 40-49: 0.0 %
- 50-59: 0.0 %
- 60+: 25 %
Who find Hydrocortisone more effective for Itching?
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
Do you take Hydrocortisone?
- You can start a phase IV clinical trial to monitor Hydrocortisone safety and effectiveness.How to use the study?
You can discuss the study with your doctor, to ensure that all drug risks and benefits are fully discussed and understood.
Related studies
Alternative drugs to, pros and cons of:
- Hydrocortisone (23,433 reports)
Treatments, associated drugs and conditions:
- Itching (330,813 reports)
How the study uses the data?
The study is based on hydrocortisone (the active ingredients of Hydrocortisone) and Hydrocortisone (the brand name). Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs) are not considered. Dosage of drugs is not considered in the study neither.
Who is eHealthMe?
With medical big data and proven AI algorithms, eHealthMe provides a platform for everyone to run phase IV clinical trials. We study millions of patients and 5,000 more each day. Results of our real-world drug study have been referenced on 600+ medical publications, including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature. Our analysis results are available to researchers, health care professionals, patients (testimonials), and software developers (open API).
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