Didanosine and Hemiparesis - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data
Summary:
Hemiparesis is found among people who take Didanosine, especially for people who are male, 40-49 old, have been taking the drug for 1 - 6 months.
The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people take Didanosine and have Hemiparesis. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 7,229 people who have side effects when taking Didanosine from the FDA, and is updated regularly. You can use the study as a second opinion to make health care decisions.
Phase IV trials are used to detect adverse drug outcomes and monitor drug effectiveness in the real world. With medical big data and AI algorithms, eHealthMe is running millions of phase IV trials and makes the results available to the public. Our original studies have been referenced on 600+ medical publications including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature.
7,229 people reported to have side effects when taking Didanosine.
Among them, 15 people (0.21%) have Hemiparesis.
What is Didanosine?
Didanosine has active ingredients of didanosine. It is often used in hiv infection. eHealthMe is studying from 7,238 Didanosine users for its effectiveness, alternative drugs and more.
What is Hemiparesis?
Hemiparesis (weakness on one side of the body) is found to be associated with 1,982 drugs and 1,398 conditions by eHealthMe.
Number of Didanosine and Hemiparesis reports submitted per year:

Time on Didanosine when people have Hemiparesis *:
- < 1 month: 0.0 %
- 1 - 6 months: 50 %
- 6 - 12 months: 25 %
- 1 - 2 years: 0.0 %
- 2 - 5 years: 25 %
- 5 - 10 years: 0.0 %
- 10+ years: 0.0 %
Gender of people who have Hemiparesis when taking Didanosine *:
- female: 46.67 %
- male: 53.33 %
Age of people who have Hemiparesis when taking Didanosine *:
- 0-1: 0.0 %
- 2-9: 0.0 %
- 10-19: 0.0 %
- 20-29: 7.69 %
- 30-39: 30.77 %
- 40-49: 46.15 %
- 50-59: 15.38 %
- 60+: 0.0 %
Common drugs people take besides Didanosine *:
- Lamivudine: 10 people, 66.67%
- Crixivan: 4 people, 26.67%
- Bactrim: 3 people, 20.00%
- Prednisone: 3 people, 20.00%
- Kaletra: 3 people, 20.00%
- Nevirapine: 3 people, 20.00%
- Efavirenz: 2 people, 13.33%
- Phenytoin: 2 people, 13.33%
- Zidovudine: 2 people, 13.33%
- Theophylline: 2 people, 13.33%
Common side effects people have besides Hemiparesis *:
- Speech Impairment (Adult) (inability to speak (adult)): 7 people, 46.67%
- Cerebellar Syndrome (impaired blood circulation to cerebellum due to lesion in artery): 5 people, 33.33%
- Fever: 5 people, 33.33%
- Immune Reconstitution Syndrome (immune recovery syndrome): 4 people, 26.67%
- Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit): 4 people, 26.67%
- Diarrhea: 4 people, 26.67%
- Nausea And Vomiting: 4 people, 26.67%
- Haemoglobin Decreased: 4 people, 26.67%
- Decreased Vibratory Sense: 3 people, 20.00%
- Hypoaesthesia (reduced sense of touch or sensation): 3 people, 20.00%
Common conditions people have *:
- Thrombocytopenia (decrease of platelets in blood): 1 person, 6.67%
- Partial Seizures (seizures which affect only a part of the brain at onset): 1 person, 6.67%
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
Do you take Didanosine and have Hemiparesis?
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Related studies
How severe was Hemiparesis and when was it recovered:
Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of didanosine:
Alternative drugs to, pros and cons of Didanosine:
- Didanosine (7,238 reports)
Common Didanosine side effects:
- Fever: 511 reports
- Lactic acidosis (low ph in body tissues): 342 reports
- Abdominal pain: 328 reports
- Diplopia (double vision): 291 reports
Browse all side effects of Didanosine:
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 zHemiparesis treatments and more:
- Hemiparesis (21,977 reports)
COVID vaccines that are related to Hemiparesis:
- Hemiparesis in Moderna COVID Vaccine
- Hemiparesis in Pfizer BioNTech Covid Vaccine
- Hemiparesis in Johnson and Johnson Covid Vaccine
Common drugs associated with Hemiparesis:
- Aspirin: 1,381 reports
- Tysabri: 1,092 reports
- Methotrexate: 936 reports
- Avonex: 930 reports
- Gilenya: 915 reports
- Metformin: 812 reports
- Prednisone: 801 reports
- Amlodipine: 673 reports
- Lipitor: 634 reports
- Simvastatin: 632 reports
All the drugs that are associated with Hemiparesis:
- Hemiparesis (1,982 drugs)
Common conditions associated with Hemiparesis:
- Multiple sclerosis: 3,681 reports
- High blood pressure: 1,296 reports
- Atrial fibrillation/flutter: 970 reports
- Pain: 606 reports
- Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: 589 reports
All the conditions that are associated with Hemiparesis:
- Hemiparesis (1,398 conditions)
How the study uses the data?
The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on didanosine (the active ingredients of Didanosine) and Didanosine (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.
Who is eHealthMe?
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