Balm and Pain - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data

Summary:

Pain is reported as a side effect among people who take Balm (lemon balm), especially for people who are female, 60+ old, have been taking the drug for < 1 month also take Tylenol, and have Nausea.

The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people have Pain when taking Balm. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 239 people who have side effects when taking Balm from the FDA, and is updated regularly.

What is Balm?

Balm has active ingredients of lemon balm. eHealthMe is studying from 253 Balm users. Check the latest studies of Balm.

What is Pain?

Pain is found to be associated with 3,809 drugs and 5,870 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Pain.



On Aug, 11, 2026

239 people reported to have side effects when taking Balm.
Among them, 14 people (5.86%) have Pain.

Could Balm cause Pain?

Among these 14 people:

How long have people been on Balm when they have Pain? *

  • < 1 month: 75 %
  • 1 - 6 months: 25 %
  • 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 Pain when taking Balm? *

  • female: 84.62 %
  • male: 15.38 %

What is the age of people who have Pain when taking Balm? *

  • 0-1: 0.0 %
  • 2-9: 0.0 %
  • 10-19: 9.09 %
  • 20-29: 27.27 %
  • 30-39: 9.09 %
  • 40-49: 0.0 %
  • 50-59: 27.27 %
  • 60+: 27.27 %

What are other drugs people take besides Balm? *

  1. Vitamin D3: 2 people, 14.29%
  2. Vitamin B12: 2 people, 14.29%
  3. Tylenol: 2 people, 14.29%
  4. Zofran: 1 person, 7.14%
  5. Gleevec: 1 person, 7.14%
  6. Magnesium Gluconate: 1 person, 7.14%
  7. Macrodantin: 1 person, 7.14%
  8. Lidocaine: 1 person, 7.14%
  9. Lexapro: 1 person, 7.14%
  10. Levothyroxine Sodium: 1 person, 7.14%

What are other side effects people have besides Pain? *

  1. Pain In Extremity: 4 people, 28.57%
  2. Rashes (redness): 4 people, 28.57%
  3. Fatigue (feeling of tiredness): 3 people, 21.43%
  4. Itching: 3 people, 21.43%
  5. Blister (small pocket of fluid within the upper layers of the skin caused by forceful rubbing (friction), burning, freezing, chemical exposure): 3 people, 21.43%
  6. Joint Pain: 3 people, 21.43%
  7. Lip Dry: 2 people, 14.29%
  8. Stress And Anxiety: 2 people, 14.29%
  9. Application Site Erythema (redness of the skin at application site): 2 people, 14.29%
  10. Diarrhea: 2 people, 14.29%

What are the existing conditions these people have? *

  1. Chapped Lips (cracking, fissuring, and peeling of the skin f lip): 2 people, 14.29%
  2. Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit): 2 people, 14.29%
  3. Type 2 Diabetes: 1 person, 7.14%
  4. Gastroenteritis Viral (inflammation of stomach and intestine caused by virus infection): 1 person, 7.14%
  5. Bipolar I Disorder (mood disorder that is characterized by at least one manic or mixed episode): 1 person, 7.14%
  6. Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease (immune cells attack the host's body cells after transplant): 1 person, 7.14%
  7. Depression: 1 person, 7.14%
  8. Disturbance In Attention: 1 person, 7.14%
  9. Dry Skin: 1 person, 7.14%
  10. Hypothyroidism (abnormally low activity of the thyroid gland, resulting in retardation of growth and mental development): 1 person, 7.14%

* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.

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Related studies:

Effectiveness of, long term effects of, and alternative drugs to Balm:

  • Balm (253 reports)

Pain treatments and more:

  • Pain (1,140,595 reports)

How severe was Pain and when was it recovered:

Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of lemon balm:

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+

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Browse all the drugs that are associated with Pain:

  • Pain (3,809 drugs)

Browse all the conditions that are associated with Pain:

  • Pain (5,870 conditions)

How the study uses the data?

The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on lemon balm (the active ingredients of Balm) and Balm (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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