Gemzar and Fibromyalgia - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data
Summary:
Fibromyalgia is reported as a side effect among people who take Gemzar (gemcitabine hydrochloride), especially for people who are female, 50-59 old, also take Zometa, and have Metastases to bone.
The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people have Fibromyalgia when taking Gemzar. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 20,184 people who have side effects when taking Gemzar from the FDA, and is updated regularly.
What is Gemzar?
Gemzar has active ingredients of gemcitabine hydrochloride. It is often used in pancreatic carcinoma. eHealthMe is studying from 20,315 Gemzar users. Check the latest studies of Gemzar.
What is Fibromyalgia?
Fibromyalgia (a long-term condition which causes pain all over the body) is found to be associated with 1,337 drugs and 1,832 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Fibromyalgia.
20,184 people reported to have side effects when taking Gemzar.
Among them, 30 people (0.15%) have Fibromyalgia.

Among these 30 people:
What is the gender of people who have Fibromyalgia when taking Gemzar? *
- female: 96.55 %
- male: 3.45 %
What is the age of people who have Fibromyalgia when taking Gemzar? *
- 0-1: 0.0 %
- 2-9: 0.0 %
- 10-19: 0.0 %
- 20-29: 0.0 %
- 30-39: 0.0 %
- 40-49: 0.0 %
- 50-59: 91.67 %
- 60+: 8.33 %
What are other drugs people take besides Gemzar? *
- Zometa: 28 people, 93.33%
- Carboplatin: 24 people, 80.00%
- Faslodex: 19 people, 63.33%
- Cisplatin: 18 people, 60.00%
- Aredia: 14 people, 46.67%
- Nexium: 13 people, 43.33%
- Zocor: 13 people, 43.33%
- Femara: 12 people, 40.00%
- Ambien: 12 people, 40.00%
- Keflex: 12 people, 40.00%
What are other side effects people have besides Fibromyalgia? *
- Stress And Anxiety: 26 people, 86.67%
- Pain: 26 people, 86.67%
- Osteonecrosis Of Jaw (death of bone of jaw): 25 people, 83.33%
- Joint Pain: 24 people, 80.00%
- Anaemia (lack of blood): 22 people, 73.33%
- Neck Pain: 18 people, 60.00%
- Atelectasis (partial or complete collapse of the lung): 18 people, 60.00%
- Spinal Osteoarthritis (joint cartilage loss in spine): 18 people, 60.00%
- Fatigue (feeling of tiredness): 17 people, 56.67%
- Osteoarthritis (a joint disease caused by cartilage loss in a joint): 17 people, 56.67%
What are the existing conditions these people have? *
- Metastases To Bone (cancer spreads to bone): 8 people, 26.67%
- Osteoporosis (bones weak and more likely to break): 7 people, 23.33%
- Neoplasm Malignant (cancer tumour): 7 people, 23.33%
- Breast Cancer Metastatic: 7 people, 23.33%
- Lung Neoplasm Malignant (cancer tumour of lung): 2 people, 6.67%
- Psoriatic Arthropathy (inflammation of the skin and joints with kin condition which typically causes patches (plaques) of red, scaly skin to develop): 1 person, 3.33%
- Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (primary high blood pressure that affects the arteries in the lungs and the right side of your heart): 1 person, 3.33%
- Pain: 1 person, 3.33%
- Multiple Myeloma (cancer of the plasma cells): 1 person, 3.33%
- Insomnia (sleeplessness): 1 person, 3.33%
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
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Related studies:
Effectiveness of, long term effects of, and alternative drugs to Gemzar:
- Gemzar (20,315 reports)
Fibromyalgia treatments and more:
- Fibromyalgia (92,987 reports)
How severe was Fibromyalgia and when was it recovered:
Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of gemcitabine hydrochloride:
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 Gemzar:
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 Fibromyalgia:
- Fibromyalgia (1,337 drugs)
Browse all the conditions that are associated with Fibromyalgia:
- Fibromyalgia (1,832 conditions)
How the study uses the data?
The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on gemcitabine hydrochloride (the active ingredients of Gemzar) and Gemzar (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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