A study for a 69 year old woman who takes Buspar (an AI-powered real world drug study)
Summary:
3,895 females aged 69 (±5) who take the same drug and have adverse effects are studied. This is a phase IV clinical study for a 69 year old female patient who has Anxiety. The study is created by eHealthMe based on reports from sources including the FDA.
3,895 females aged 69 (±5) who take Buspar and have adverse effects are studied.
Number of reports submitted per year:

Information of the patient in this study:
- Age: 69
- Gender: female
- Conditions: Anxiety
- Drugs taken:
- Buspar (buspirone hydrochloride)
Common side effects *:
- Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit): 290 people, 7.45%
- Drug Ineffective : 278 people, 7.14%
- Fall : 272 people, 6.98%
- Fatigue (feeling of tiredness): 264 people, 6.78%
- Pain : 232 people, 5.96%
- Headache (pain in head): 230 people, 5.91%
- Dizziness : 213 people, 5.47%
- Dyspnea (difficult or laboured breathing): 194 people, 4.98%
- Diarrhea : 191 people, 4.90%
- Weakness : 172 people, 4.42%
- Malaise (a feeling of general discomfort or uneasiness): 156 people, 4.01%
- Insomnia (sleeplessness): 149 people, 3.83%
- Urinary Tract Infection : 149 people, 3.83%
- Joint Pain : 145 people, 3.72%
- High Blood Pressure : 143 people, 3.67%
- Constipation : 140 people, 3.59%
- Memory Loss : 133 people, 3.41%
- Weight Decreased : 129 people, 3.31%
- Pain In Extremity : 126 people, 3.23%
- Chronic Kidney Disease : 121 people, 3.11%
Common co-existing conditions *:
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- High Blood Pressure : 396 people, 10.17%
- Pain : 329 people, 8.45%
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (a condition in which stomach contents leak backward from the stomach into the oesophagus): 274 people, 7.03%
- High Blood Cholesterol : 268 people, 6.88%
- Rheumatoid Arthritis (a chronic progressive disease causing inflammation in the joints): 206 people, 5.29%
- Hypothyroidism (abnormally low activity of the thyroid gland, resulting in retardation of growth and mental development): 152 people, 3.90%
- Asthma : 149 people, 3.83%
- Multiple Myeloma (cancer of the plasma cells): 144 people, 3.70%
- Insomnia (sleeplessness): 126 people, 3.23%
- Sleep Disorder : 126 people, 3.23%
- Fibromyalgia (a long-term condition which causes pain all over the body): 125 people, 3.21%
- Diabetes : 121 people, 3.11%
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (a progressive disease that makes it hard to breathe): 107 people, 2.75%
- Multiple Sclerosis (a nervous system disease that affects your brain and spinal cord. it damages the myelin sheath): 103 people, 2.64%
- Atrial Fibrillation/flutter (atrial fibrillation and flutter are abnormal heart rhythms in which the atria, or upper chambers of the heart, are out of sync with the ventricles): 101 people, 2.59%
- Type 2 Diabetes : 98 people, 2.52%
- Osteoporosis (bones weak and more likely to break): 96 people, 2.46%
- Arthritis (form of joint disorder that involves inflammation of one or more joints): 89 people, 2.28%
- Constipation : 87 people, 2.23%
- Neuropathy Peripheral (surface nerve damage): 84 people, 2.16%
Common co-used drugs *:
You may use this to check any potential interacting drugs.
- Vitamin D3 (335 people, 8.60%)
- Amlodipine (323 people, 8.29%)
- Synthroid (321 people, 8.24%)
- Metformin (292 people, 7.50%)
- Lyrica (274 people, 7.03%)
- Pantoprazole (250 people, 6.42%)
- Aspirin (240 people, 6.16%)
- Vitamin B12 (236 people, 6.06%)
- Xanax (235 people, 6.03%)
- Gabapentin (232 people, 5.96%)
- Nexium (229 people, 5.88%)
- Cymbalta (224 people, 5.75%)
- Lasix (219 people, 5.62%)
- Calcium (215 people, 5.52%)
- Zoloft (210 people, 5.39%)
- Lipitor (208 people, 5.34%)
- Prilosec (202 people, 5.19%)
- Sertraline (201 people, 5.16%)
- Vitamin D (195 people, 5.01%)
- Tylenol (194 people, 4.98%)
Drug effectiveness *:
Buspar:
- not at all: 6.67 %
- somewhat: 29.52 %
- moderate: 34.29 %
- high: 21.9 %
- very high: 7.62 %
* Some reports may have incomplete information.
How to use the study?
DO NOT STOP MEDICATIONS without first consulting your doctor. If there are any serious or long term adverse effects discovered in the study, discuss the study with your doctor to ensure that proper medication management will be in place if applicable.
Related studies
Drug side effects in long term, by gender and age:
- Buspar: 20,450 reports
Treatments, associated medications and conditions:
- Anxiety: 637,313 reports
How the phase IV clinical study uses the data?
The study is based on gender, age, active ingredients of any drugs used. Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs) are considered. Dosage of drugs is not considered in the study.
Who is eHealthMe?
With medical big data and proven AI/ML 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 800+ peer-reviewed 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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