Intron a side effects by duration, gender and age - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data
Summary:
Side effects are reported by people who take Intron a. Common side effects include alopecia among females and anorexia among males.
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9,191 people who take Intron A and have side effects are studied.
What is Intron A?
Intron a has active ingredients of interferon alfa-2b. eHealthMe is studying from 9,207 Intron a users for its effectiveness, alternative drugs and more.
Number of Intron a reports submitted per year:
Intron a side effects by time on the drug *:
Intron a side effects by gender *:
Intron a side effects by age *:
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
Do you take Intron a?
Personalize this study to your gender and ageHow 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.
How the study uses the data?
The study is based on interferon alfa-2b (the active ingredients of Intron a) and Intron a (the brand name). Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs) are not considered.
Related studies
Alternative drugs to, pros and cons of Intron a:
- Intron a (9,207 reports)
Common Intron a side effects:
- Abdominal pain: 228 reports
- Aggression: 104 reports
- Agitation (state of anxiety or nervous excitement): 125 reports
- Agranulocytosis (a deficiency of granulocytes in the blood, causing increased vulnerability to infection): 172 reports
- Alanine aminotransferase increased: 110 reports
- Anaemia (lack of blood): 378 reports
- Anorexia (eating disorder characterized by immoderate food restriction and irrational fear of gaining weight): 221 reports
- Appetite - decreased (decreased appetite occurs when you have a reduced desire to eat): 160 reports
- Aspartate aminotransferase increased: 103 reports
- Back pain: 123 reports
- Blood creatine phosphokinase increased: 104 reports
- Cerebral haemorrhage (bleeding within the brain): 112 reports
- Chest pain: 197 reports
- Chills (felling of cold): 238 reports
- Confusion: 185 reports
- Cough: 188 reports
- Dehydration (dryness resulting from the removal of water): 186 reports
- Depression: 118 reports
- Diarrhea: 147 reports
- Dizziness: 144 reports
- Drug ineffective: 116 reports
- Fainting (loss of consciousness and postural tone): 103 reports
- Fall: 119 reports
- Fatigue (feeling of tiredness): 702 reports
- Fever: 727 reports
- Haemoglobin decreased: 217 reports
- Hair loss: 151 reports
- Headache (pain in head): 420 reports
- Heart attack: 106 reports
- High blood pressure: 114 reports
- Hypoaesthesia (reduced sense of touch or sensation): 128 reports
- Hypotension (abnormally low blood pressure): 155 reports
- Influenza like illness: 321 reports
- Itching: 134 reports
- Joint pain: 189 reports
- Loss of consciousness: 127 reports
- Malaise (a feeling of general discomfort or uneasiness): 351 reports
- Memory loss: 108 reports
- Muscle aches (muscle pain): 240 reports
- Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit): 583 reports
- Nausea and vomiting: 126 reports
- Pain: 314 reports
- Paraesthesia (sensation of tingling, tickling, prickling, pricking, or burning of a person's skin with no apparent long-term physical effect): 109 reports
- Pleural effusion (water on the lungs): 102 reports
- Rashes (redness): 179 reports
- Sepsis (a severe blood infection that can lead to organ failure and death): 106 reports
- Suicidal ideation: 143 reports
- Thrombocytopenia (decrease of platelets in blood): 389 reports
- Vision blurred: 105 reports
- Weakness: 422 reports
- Weight decreased: 330 reports
- White blood cell count decreased: 179 reports
All Intron a side effects from A to Z:
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