Actemra and Calciphylaxis - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data
Summary:
Calciphylaxis is reported only by a few people who take Actemra.
The study analyzes which people take Actemra and have Calciphylaxis. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 102,551 people who have side effects while taking Actemra from the FDA, and is updated regularly.
What is Actemra?
Actemra has active ingredients of tocilizumab. It is often used in rheumatoid arthritis. eHealthMe is studying from 102,759 Actemra users. Check the latest studies of Actemra.
What is Calciphylaxis?
Calciphylaxis (is a syndrome with vascular calcium accumulation) is found to be associated with 124 drugs and 384 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Calciphylaxis.
102,551 people reported to have side effects when taking Actemra.
Among them, 3 people (0.0%) have Calciphylaxis.

Among these 3 people:
How long have people been on Actemra when they have Calciphylaxis? *
- < 1 month: 0.0 %
- 1 - 6 months: 100 %
- 6 - 12 months: 0.0 %
- 1 - 2 years: 0.0 %
- 2 - 5 years: 0.0 %
- 5 - 10 years: 0.0 %
- 10+ years: 0.0 %
What is the gender of people who have Calciphylaxis when taking Actemra? *
- female: 100 %
- male: 0.0 %
What is the age of people who have Calciphylaxis when taking Actemra? *
- 0-1: 0.0 %
- 2-9: 0.0 %
- 10-19: 0.0 %
- 20-29: 0.0 %
- 30-39: 0.0 %
- 40-49: 100 %
- 50-59: 0.0 %
- 60+: 0.0 %
What are other drugs people take besides Actemra? *
- Ganciclovir: 3 people, 100.00%
- Heparin Sodium: 3 people, 100.00%
- Aldactone: 3 people, 100.00%
- Allopurinol: 3 people, 100.00%
- Aspirin: 3 people, 100.00%
- Atarax: 3 people, 100.00%
- Bactrim: 3 people, 100.00%
- Fentanyl-100: 3 people, 100.00%
- Fluconazole: 3 people, 100.00%
- Risperdal: 3 people, 100.00%
What are other side effects people have besides Calciphylaxis? *
- White Blood Cell Count Decreased: 3 people, 100.00%
- Urinary Tract Infection: 3 people, 100.00%
- Cytomegalovirus Infection: 3 people, 100.00%
- Cerebral Infarction (less blood supply to brain resulting tissue damage): 3 people, 100.00%
- Infected Skin Ulcer: 2 people, 66.67%
- Neutrophil Count Increased (excess than normal number of neutrophil a type of blood cell): 1 person, 33.33%
- Depression: 1 person, 33.33%
What are the existing conditions these people have? *
- Insomnia (sleeplessness): 3 people, 100.00%
- Hyperuricaemia (level of uric acid in the blood that is abnormally high): 3 people, 100.00%
- Haemorrhoids (a swollen vein or group of veins in the region of the anus): 3 people, 100.00%
- Glaucoma (increased fluid pressure in the eye with vision loss): 3 people, 100.00%
- Constipation: 3 people, 100.00%
- Castleman's Disease (a disease of lymph nodes and related tissues): 3 people, 100.00%
- Acute Kidney Failure: 3 people, 100.00%
- Depression: 2 people, 66.67%
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
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Related studies:
Effectiveness of, long term effects of, and alternative drugs to Actemra:
- Actemra (102,759 reports)
Calciphylaxis treatments and more:
- Calciphylaxis (2,031 reports)
How severe was Calciphylaxis and when was it recovered:
Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of tocilizumab:
Sub-studies by age:
0-1 2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
Browse all side effects of Actemra:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y zBrowse all the drugs that are associated with Calciphylaxis:
- Calciphylaxis (124 drugs)
Browse all the conditions that are associated with Calciphylaxis:
- Calciphylaxis (384 conditions)
How the study uses the data?
The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on tocilizumab (the active ingredients of Actemra) and Actemra (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.
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.
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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