Amaryl and Dry skin - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data
Summary:
Dry skin is reported as a side effect among people who take Amaryl (glimepiride), especially for people who are male, 60+ old, have been taking the drug for 6 - 12 months also take Metformin, and have High blood cholesterol.
The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people have Dry skin when taking Amaryl. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 31,980 people who have side effects when taking Amaryl from the FDA, and is updated regularly.
What is Amaryl?
Amaryl has active ingredients of glimepiride. It is often used in diabetes. eHealthMe is studying from 32,259 Amaryl users. Check the latest studies of Amaryl.
What is Dry skin?
Dry skin is found to be associated with 1,985 drugs and 2,354 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Dry skin.
31,980 people reported to have side effects when taking Amaryl.
Among them, 92 people (0.29%) have Dry skin.

Among these 92 people:
How long have people been on Amaryl when they have Dry skin? *
- < 1 month: 0.0 %
- 1 - 6 months: 25 %
- 6 - 12 months: 50 %
- 1 - 2 years: 25 %
- 2 - 5 years: 0.0 %
- 5 - 10 years: 0.0 %
- 10+ years: 0.0 %
What is the gender of people who have Dry skin when taking Amaryl? *
- female: 31.82 %
- male: 68.18 %
What is the age of people who have Dry skin when taking Amaryl? *
- 0-1: 0.0 %
- 2-9: 0.0 %
- 10-19: 0.0 %
- 20-29: 0.0 %
- 30-39: 0.0 %
- 40-49: 9.09 %
- 50-59: 35.06 %
- 60+: 55.84 %
What are other drugs people take besides Amaryl? *
- Metformin: 16 people, 17.39%
- Glucophage: 12 people, 13.04%
- Crestor: 11 people, 11.96%
- Prilosec: 11 people, 11.96%
- Lipitor: 10 people, 10.87%
- Sutent: 10 people, 10.87%
- Byetta: 9 people, 9.78%
- Aspirin: 8 people, 8.70%
- Lasix: 8 people, 8.70%
- Actos: 8 people, 8.70%
What are other side effects people have besides Dry skin? *
- Rashes (redness): 25 people, 27.17%
- Itching: 22 people, 23.91%
- Fatigue (feeling of tiredness): 21 people, 22.83%
- Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit): 19 people, 20.65%
- Blood Glucose Increased: 15 people, 16.30%
- High Blood Pressure: 14 people, 15.22%
- Weakness: 14 people, 15.22%
- Diarrhea: 14 people, 15.22%
- Skin Exfoliation (removal of the oldest dead skin cells): 13 people, 14.13%
- Oedema Peripheral (superficial swelling): 12 people, 13.04%
What are the existing conditions these people have? *
- Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (spreadable kidney cell tumour): 6 people, 6.52%
- High Blood Cholesterol: 6 people, 6.52%
- High Blood Pressure: 5 people, 5.43%
- Lung Adenocarcinoma (a form of non-small cell lung cancer): 5 people, 5.43%
- Hepatitis C: 4 people, 4.35%
- Renal Cell Carcinoma Stage Unspecified (kidney cancer in unknown stage): 4 people, 4.35%
- Ulcerative Colitis (inflammatory bowel disease (ibd). it causes swelling, ulcerations, and loss of function of the large intestine): 3 people, 3.26%
- Psoriatic Arthropathy (inflammation of the skin and joints with kin condition which typically causes patches (plaques) of red, scaly skin to develop): 3 people, 3.26%
- Colon Cancer: 3 people, 3.26%
- Pneumonia: 3 people, 3.26%
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
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Related studies:
Effectiveness of, long term effects of, and alternative drugs to Amaryl:
- Amaryl (32,259 reports)
Dry skin treatments and more:
- Dry skin (131,310 reports)
How severe was Dry skin and when was it recovered:
Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of glimepiride:
- Dry skin and drugs with ingredients of glimepiride (289 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 Amaryl:
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 Dry skin:
- Dry skin (1,985 drugs)
Browse all the conditions that are associated with Dry skin:
- Dry skin (2,354 conditions)
How the study uses the data?
The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on glimepiride (the active ingredients of Amaryl) and Amaryl (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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