Lamivudine and Visual impairment - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data

Summary:

Visual impairment is reported as a side effect among people who take Lamivudine (lamivudine; zidovudine; nevirapine), especially for people who are male, 20-29 old, have been taking the drug for 2 - 5 years also take Stavudine, and have Haemorrhage.

The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people have Visual impairment when taking Lamivudine. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 17,197 people who have side effects when taking Lamivudine from the FDA, and is updated regularly.

What is Lamivudine?

Lamivudine has active ingredients of lamivudine; zidovudine; nevirapine. It is often used in hiv infection. eHealthMe is studying from 17,242 Lamivudine users. Check the latest studies of Lamivudine.

What is Visual impairment?

Visual impairment is found to be associated with 2,249 drugs and 2,336 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Visual impairment.

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On Aug, 30, 2026

17,197 people reported to have side effects when taking Lamivudine.
Among them, 21 people (0.12%) have Visual impairment.

Could Lamivudine cause Visual impairment?

Among these 21 people:

How long have people been on Lamivudine when they have Visual impairment? *

What is the gender of people who have Visual impairment when taking Lamivudine? *

female: 10.53 %
male: 89.47 %

What is the age of people who have Visual impairment when taking Lamivudine? *

What are other drugs people take besides Lamivudine? *

What are other side effects people have besides Visual impairment? *

Dizziness: 9 people, 42.86%
Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit): 8 people, 38.10%
Hepatic Function Abnormal: 7 people, 33.33%
Tremor (trembling or shaking movements in one or more parts of your body): 7 people, 33.33%
Pulmonary Hypertension (increase in blood pressure in the lung artery): 7 people, 33.33%
Heart Palpitations (feelings or sensations that your heart is pounding or racing): 7 people, 33.33%
Nervous System Disorder (a general class of medical conditions affecting the nervous system): 7 people, 33.33%
Fibrin Degradation Products Increased: 7 people, 33.33%
Influenza Like Illness: 7 people, 33.33%
Anaemia (lack of blood): 3 people, 14.29%

What are the existing conditions these people have? *

High Blood Pressure: 7 people, 33.33%
Hepatitis C: 7 people, 33.33%
Haemorrhage (bleeding): 7 people, 33.33%
Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (rapidly progressive neuromuscular disease caused by opportunistic infection of brain cells): 2 people, 9.52%
Trigeminal Neuralgia (a painful condition of the nerve responsible for most facial sensation): 1 person, 4.76%
Multiple Myeloma (cancer of the plasma cells): 1 person, 4.76%
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)): 1 person, 4.76%

* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.

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

Lamivudine (17,242 reports)

Visual impairment treatments and more:

Visual impairment (128,338 reports)

How severe was Visual impairment and when was it recovered:

Visual impairment in Lamivudine

Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of lamivudine; zidovudine; nevirapine:

Visual impairment and drugs with ingredients of lamivudine; zidovudine; nevirapine

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 Lamivudine:

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Browse all the drugs that are associated with Visual impairment:

Visual impairment (2,249 drugs)

Browse all the conditions that are associated with Visual impairment:

Visual impairment (2,336 conditions)

How the study uses the data?

The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on lamivudine; zidovudine; nevirapine (the active ingredients of Lamivudine) and Lamivudine (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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