A study for a 44 year old woman who takes Methotrexate - from FDA reports
24,230 females aged 44 (±5) who take the same drug are studied. This is a personalized study for a 44 year old female patient who has Arthritis - Rheumatoid. The study is created by eHealthMe based on reports from FDA.
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On Jan, 17, 2019
24,230 females aged 44 (±5) who take Methotrexate are studied.
Number of reports submitted per year:
Information of the patient in this study:
- Age: 44
- Gender: female
- Conditions: Arthritis - Rheumatoid
- Drugs taken:
- Methotrexate (methotrexate sodium)
eHealthMe real world results:
Most common side effects over time
< 1 month:
- Fever
- Febrile neutropenia (fever with reduced white blood cells)
- Headache (pain in head)
- Renal failure acute (rapid kidney dysfunction)
- Sepsis (a severe blood infection that can lead to organ failure and death)
- Agranulocytosis (a deficiency of granulocytes in the blood, causing increased vulnerability to infection)
- Hair loss
- Fatigue (feeling of tiredness)
- Weakness
- Balance disorder
1 - 6 months:
- Drug ineffective
- Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit)
- Headache (pain in head)
- Fatigue (feeling of tiredness)
- Psoriasis (immune-mediated disease that affects the skin)
- Cardio-respiratory arrest (sudden dysfunction of heart and lungs)
- Septic shock (shock due to blood infection)
- Joint pain
- Pain
- Alanine aminotransferase increased
6 - 12 months:
- Drug ineffective
- Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit)
- Migraine (headache)
- Hair loss
- Transaminases increased
- Breathing difficulty
- Drug intolerance (drug sensitivity)
- Headache (pain in head)
- Fatigue (feeling of tiredness)
- Joint pain
1 - 2 years:
- Drug ineffective
- Pneumonia
- Joint pain
- Drug intolerance (drug sensitivity)
- Psoriasis (immune-mediated disease that affects the skin)
- Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit)
- Nausea and vomiting
- Rashes (redness)
- Fever
- Pain
2 - 5 years:
- Drug ineffective
- Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit)
- Malaise (a feeling of general discomfort or uneasiness)
- Migraine (headache)
- Pain
- Treatment failure
- Transaminases increased
- Pneumonia
- Gastrointestinal disorder (functional problems of gastrointestinal tract)
- Dizziness
5 - 10 years:
- Drug ineffective
- Joint pain
- Pain
- Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit)
- Nasopharyngitis (inflammation of the nasopharynx)
- Fatigue (feeling of tiredness)
- High blood pressure
- Lung neoplasm malignant (cancer tumour of lung)
- Fever
- Rashes (redness)
10+ years:
- Drug ineffective
- Pain
- Hair loss
- Fatigue (feeling of tiredness)
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (an autoimmune disease, which means the body's immune system mistakenly, attacks healthy tissue)
- Abdominal discomfort
- Drug intolerance (drug sensitivity)
- Swelling
- Rashes (redness)
- Hand deformity
not specified:
- Drug ineffective
- Joint pain
- Pain
- Injection site pain
- Fatigue (feeling of tiredness)
- Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit)
- Headache (pain in head)
- Rashes (redness)
- Fever
- Pain in extremity
Top conditions involved for these people *:
- Psoriatic Arthropathy (inflammation of the skin and joints with kin condition which typically causes patches (plaques) of red, scaly skin to develop): 1,963 people, 8.10%
- Pain : 1,018 people, 4.20%
- Psoriasis (immune-mediated disease that affects the skin): 973 people, 4.02%
- High Blood Pressure : 653 people, 2.70%
- Ankylosing Spondylitis (type of arthritis affecting the spine): 616 people, 2.54%
- Crohn's Disease (condition that causes inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract): 583 people, 2.41%
- Depression : 573 people, 2.36%
- Vitamin Supplementation : 483 people, 1.99%
- Preventive Health Care : 467 people, 1.93%
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (an autoimmune disease, which means the body's immune system mistakenly, attacks healthy tissue): 312 people, 1.29%
Top co-used drugs for these people *:
- Enbrel (7,935 people, 32.75%)
- Humira (6,320 people, 26.08%)
- Folic Acid (4,397 people, 18.15%)
- Prednisone (2,428 people, 10.02%)
- Remicade (2,241 people, 9.25%)
- Plaquenil (1,753 people, 7.23%)
- Arava (1,174 people, 4.85%)
- Actemra (1,059 people, 4.37%)
- Orencia (1,034 people, 4.27%)
- Celebrex (840 people, 3.47%)
* Some reports may have incomplete information.
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What are the drugs?
- Methotrexate has active ingredients of methotrexate sodium. It is often used in rheumatoid arthritis. (latest outcomes from Methotrexate 307,853 users)
What are the conditions?
- Arthritis - rheumatoid (autoimmune disease that results in a chronic, systemic inflammatory disorder that may affect many tissues and organs) can be treated by Methotrexate, Enbrel, Methotrexate sodium, Prednisone, Plaquenil (latest reports from 628,585 Arthritis - rheumatoid patients)
Related studies:
- Methotrexate side effects (304,375 reports)
Related publications that referenced our studies
- Azuma N, Matsui K, Hashimoto N, Yoshikawa T, Sano H, "Successful Switch to Golimumab for Eosinophilia and Skin Symptoms Related to Multiple Biologics in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis", Internal Medicine, 2017 Jun .
- Henien M, Carey B, Hullah E, Sproat C, Patel V, "methotrexate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaw: A report of two cases", Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology, 2017 Dec .
- Saif MW, "Rheumatoid arthritis associated with the use of Sandostatin® LAR® depot in a patient with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor", An association or a coincidence? The first case report, 2013 Jan .
- Ahmed AB, Radwan AM, Baddary HM, "Prevalence of Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and its Relationship with Disease Activity", The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2016 Jan .
FDA reports used in this study
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