Altace and Drug eruption - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data
Summary:
Drug eruption is reported as a side effect among people who take Altace (ramipril), especially for people who are male, 60+ old, have been taking the drug for < 1 month also take Aldactone, and have Chronic myeloid leukaemia.
The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people have Drug eruption when taking Altace. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 23,086 people who have side effects when taking Altace from the FDA, and is updated regularly.
What is Altace?
Altace has active ingredients of ramipril. It is often used in high blood pressure. eHealthMe is studying from 23,681 Altace users. Check the latest studies of Altace.
What is Drug eruption?
Drug eruption (adverse drug reaction of the skin) is found to be associated with 1,093 drugs and 1,286 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Drug eruption.
23,086 people reported to have side effects when taking Altace.
Among them, 16 people (0.07%) have Drug eruption.

Among these 16 people:
How long have people been on Altace when they have Drug eruption? *
- < 1 month: 50 %
- 1 - 6 months: 0.0 %
- 6 - 12 months: 0.0 %
- 1 - 2 years: 50 %
- 2 - 5 years: 0.0 %
- 5 - 10 years: 0.0 %
- 10+ years: 0.0 %
What is the gender of people who have Drug eruption when taking Altace? *
- female: 46.15 %
- male: 53.85 %
What is the age of people who have Drug eruption when taking Altace? *
- 0-1: 0.0 %
- 2-9: 0.0 %
- 10-19: 0.0 %
- 20-29: 0.0 %
- 30-39: 8.33 %
- 40-49: 8.33 %
- 50-59: 0.0 %
- 60+: 83.33 %
What are other drugs people take besides Altace? *
- Aldactone: 4 people, 25.00%
- Gleevec: 3 people, 18.75%
- Plavix: 3 people, 18.75%
- Lasix: 2 people, 12.50%
- Zofran: 1 person, 6.25%
- Fenofibrate: 1 person, 6.25%
- Furosemide: 1 person, 6.25%
- Fluoxetine: 1 person, 6.25%
- Fluconazole: 1 person, 6.25%
- Enoxaparin Sodium: 1 person, 6.25%
What are other side effects people have besides Drug eruption? *
- Itching: 7 people, 43.75%
- Rash Erythematous (redness of the skin): 3 people, 18.75%
- Hyperkeratosis (thickening of the outer layer of the skin): 3 people, 18.75%
- Mycosis Fungoides (lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell) become malignant (cancerous) and affect the skin): 3 people, 18.75%
- Rash Papular (redness with papule): 3 people, 18.75%
- Renal Impairment (severely reduced kidney function): 2 people, 12.50%
- Rashes (redness): 2 people, 12.50%
- Dermatitis Exfoliative (widespread scaling of the skin, often with itching (pruritus), skin redness (erythroderma), and hair loss): 1 person, 6.25%
- Dermatitis Medicamentosa (an irritation of the scrotum caused by an allergic reaction to a drug): 1 person, 6.25%
- Drug Hypersensitivity: 1 person, 6.25%
What are the existing conditions these people have? *
- Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia (long lasting type of cancer that starts in the blood-forming cells of the bone marrow and invades the blood): 3 people, 18.75%
- Pain: 2 people, 12.50%
- Ventricular Dysfunction (heart dysfunction): 1 person, 6.25%
- Stress And Anxiety: 1 person, 6.25%
- Stable Angina (a constant chest pain): 1 person, 6.25%
- Psoriatic Arthropathy (inflammation of the skin and joints with kin condition which typically causes patches (plaques) of red, scaly skin to develop): 1 person, 6.25%
- Hypertonia (abnormal increase in muscle tension and a reduced ability of a muscle to stretch): 1 person, 6.25%
- Hyperlipidaemia (presence of excess lipids in the blood): 1 person, 6.25%
- Hepatitis C: 1 person, 6.25%
- Essential Hypertension (primary hypertension): 1 person, 6.25%
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
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Related studies:
Effectiveness of, long term effects of, and alternative drugs to Altace:
- Altace (23,681 reports)
Drug eruption treatments and more:
- Drug eruption (20,059 reports)
How severe was Drug eruption and when was it recovered:
Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of ramipril:
- Drug eruption and drugs with ingredients of ramipril (276 reports)
Sub-studies by gender and age:
Female: 0-1 2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
Male: 0-1 2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
Browse all side effects of Altace:
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 Drug eruption:
- Drug eruption (1,093 drugs)
Browse all the conditions that are associated with Drug eruption:
- Drug eruption (1,286 conditions)
How the study uses the data?
The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on ramipril (the active ingredients of Altace) and Altace (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.
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