Diflunisal and Chills - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data
Summary:
Chills is reported as a side effect among people who take Diflunisal (diflunisal), especially for people who are male, 60+ old, have been taking the drug for 2 - 5 years also take Tegsedi, and have Hereditary neuropathic amyloidosis.
The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people have Chills when taking Diflunisal. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 927 people who have side effects when taking Diflunisal from the FDA, and is updated regularly.
What is Diflunisal?
Diflunisal has active ingredients of diflunisal. eHealthMe is studying from 945 Diflunisal users. Check the latest studies of Diflunisal.
What is Chills?
Chills (felling of cold) is found to be associated with 2,549 drugs and 3,475 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Chills.
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927 people reported to have side effects when taking Diflunisal.
Among them, 24 people (2.59%) have Chills.

Among these 24 people:
How long have people been on Diflunisal when they have Chills? *
- < 1 month: 0.0 %
- 1 - 6 months: 0.0 %
- 6 - 12 months: 0.0 %
- 1 - 2 years: 0.0 %
- 2 - 5 years: 100 %
- 5 - 10 years: 0.0 %
- 10+ years: 0.0 %
What is the gender of people who have Chills when taking Diflunisal? *
- female: 40 %
- male: 60 %
What is the age of people who have Chills when taking Diflunisal? *
- 0-1: 0.0 %
- 2-9: 0.0 %
- 10-19: 0.0 %
- 20-29: 0.0 %
- 30-39: 40.0 %
- 40-49: 6.67 %
- 50-59: 6.67 %
- 60+: 46.67 %
What are other drugs people take besides Diflunisal? *
- Tegsedi: 20 people, 83.33%
- Rabeprazole: 6 people, 25.00%
- Gravol: 3 people, 12.50%
- Enbrel: 3 people, 12.50%
- Prilosec: 3 people, 12.50%
- Zyrtec: 2 people, 8.33%
- Nexium: 2 people, 8.33%
- Neurontin: 2 people, 8.33%
- Metoprolol Succinate: 2 people, 8.33%
- Methotrexate: 2 people, 8.33%
What are other side effects people have besides Chills? *
- Fatigue (feeling of tiredness): 14 people, 58.33%
- Blood Creatine Phosphokinase Increased: 8 people, 33.33%
- Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit): 8 people, 33.33%
- Thrombocytopenia (decrease of platelets in blood): 7 people, 29.17%
- Prealbumin Decreased: 7 people, 29.17%
- Nausea And Vomiting: 7 people, 29.17%
- Headache (pain in head): 7 people, 29.17%
- Pain: 6 people, 25.00%
- Diarrhea: 6 people, 25.00%
- Fever: 6 people, 25.00%
What are the existing conditions these people have? *
- Hereditary Neuropathic Amyloidosis (hereditary- diseases resulting from abnormal deposition of certain proteins (amyloid) in various bodily areas by problems with signals from the nerves): 17 people, 70.83%
- Pain: 4 people, 16.67%
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (a condition in which stomach contents leak backward from the stomach into the oesophagus): 3 people, 12.50%
- Vitamin A Deficiency: 2 people, 8.33%
- Amyloidosis (a tumour within which amyloid is produced): 2 people, 8.33%
- Rheumatoid Arthritis (a chronic progressive disease causing inflammation in the joints): 2 people, 8.33%
- Polyneuropathy (neurological disorder that occurs when many peripheral nerves throughout the body malfunction simultaneously): 2 people, 8.33%
- Neuralgia (pain in one or more nerves): 2 people, 8.33%
- Cardiac Amyloidosis (protein deposition in heart): 2 people, 8.33%
- Blood Potassium Decreased: 1 person, 4.17%
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
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Related studies:
Effectiveness of, long term effects of, and alternative drugs to Diflunisal:
- Diflunisal (945 reports)
Chills treatments and more:
- Chills (145,628 reports)
How severe was Chills and when was it recovered:
Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of diflunisal:
- Chills and drugs with ingredients of diflunisal (31 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 Diflunisal:
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 Chills:
- Chills (2,549 drugs)
Browse all the conditions that are associated with Chills:
- Chills (3,475 conditions)
How the study uses the data?
The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on diflunisal (the active ingredients of Diflunisal) and Diflunisal (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?
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Who is eHealthMe?
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