Levothyroxine sodium and Oedema - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data
Summary:
Oedema is reported as a side effect among people who take Levothyroxine sodium (levothyroxine sodium), especially for people who are female, 60+ old, have been taking the drug for 1 - 6 months also take Acetaminophen, and have Rheumatoid arthritis.
The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people have Oedema when taking Levothyroxine sodium. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 122,907 people who have side effects when taking Levothyroxine sodium from the FDA, and is updated regularly.
What is Levothyroxine sodium?
Levothyroxine sodium has active ingredients of levothyroxine sodium. It is often used in hypothyroidism. eHealthMe is studying from 129,790 Levothyroxine sodium users. Check the latest studies of Levothyroxine sodium.
What is Oedema?
Oedema (fluid collection in tissue) is found to be associated with 2,276 drugs and 2,303 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Oedema.
122,907 people reported to have side effects when taking Levothyroxine sodium.
Among them, 1,187 people (0.97%) have Oedema.
Among these 1,187 people:
How long have people been on Levothyroxine sodium when they have Oedema? *
- < 1 month: 43.75 %
- 1 - 6 months: 50.0 %
- 6 - 12 months: 0.0 %
- 1 - 2 years: 0.0 %
- 2 - 5 years: 0.0 %
- 5 - 10 years: 0.0 %
- 10+ years: 6.25 %
What is the gender of people who have Oedema when taking Levothyroxine sodium? *
- female: 82.98 %
- male: 17.02 %
What is the age of people who have Oedema when taking Levothyroxine sodium? *
- 0-1: 0.31 %
- 2-9: 0.1 %
- 10-19: 0.72 %
- 20-29: 1.75 %
- 30-39: 3.51 %
- 40-49: 28.66 %
- 50-59: 18.66 %
- 60+: 46.29 %
What are other drugs people take besides Levothyroxine sodium? *
- Acetaminophen: 384 people, 32.35%
- Prednisone: 378 people, 31.84%
- Humira: 341 people, 28.73%
- Folic Acid: 336 people, 28.31%
- Enbrel: 330 people, 27.80%
- Fosamax: 327 people, 27.55%
- Magnesium: 327 people, 27.55%
- Lisinopril: 325 people, 27.38%
- Actemra: 322 people, 27.13%
- Arava: 319 people, 26.87%
What are other side effects people have besides Oedema? *
- Pain: 433 people, 36.48%
- Fatigue (feeling of tiredness): 423 people, 35.64%
- Headache (pain in head): 393 people, 33.11%
- Rashes (redness): 382 people, 32.18%
- High Blood Pressure: 370 people, 31.17%
- Nausea And Vomiting: 367 people, 30.92%
- Joint Pain: 364 people, 30.67%
- Weakness: 363 people, 30.58%
- Diarrhea: 347 people, 29.23%
- Musculoskeletal Stiffness (stiffness of the body's muscles, joints, tendons, ligaments and nerves): 333 people, 28.05%
What are the existing conditions these people have? *
- Rheumatoid Arthritis (a chronic progressive disease causing inflammation in the joints): 362 people, 30.50%
- Psoriatic Arthropathy (inflammation of the skin and joints with kin condition which typically causes patches (plaques) of red, scaly skin to develop): 303 people, 25.53%
- Psoriasis (immune-mediated disease that affects the skin): 177 people, 14.91%
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (an autoimmune disease, which means the body's immune system mistakenly, attacks healthy tissue): 125 people, 10.53%
- Arthritis (form of joint disorder that involves inflammation of one or more joints): 93 people, 7.83%
- Stress And Anxiety: 89 people, 7.50%
- Pain: 88 people, 7.41%
- High Blood Pressure: 87 people, 7.33%
- Pemphigus (any of several acute or chronic skin diseases characterized by groups of itching blisters): 71 people, 5.98%
- Osteoarthritis (a joint disease caused by cartilage loss in a joint): 69 people, 5.81%
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
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Effectiveness of, long term effects of, and alternative drugs to Levothyroxine sodium:
- Levothyroxine sodium (129,790 reports)
Oedema treatments and more:
- Oedema (78,747 reports)
How severe was Oedema and when was it recovered:
Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of levothyroxine sodium:
- Oedema and drugs with ingredients of levothyroxine sodium (4,394 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+
Common Levothyroxine sodium side effects:
- Levothyroxine sodium side effect: Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit) (8,800 reports)
- Levothyroxine sodium side effect: Dyspnea (difficult or laboured breathing) (7,362 reports)
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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 zCommon drugs associated with Oedema:
- Prednisone side effect: Oedema (5,741 reports)
- Lasix side effect: Oedema (4,745 reports)
- Furosemide side effect: Oedema (4,236 reports)
- Aspirin side effect: Oedema (3,980 reports)
- Letairis side effect: Oedema (3,906 reports)
- Methotrexate side effect: Oedema (3,439 reports)
- Amlodipine side effect: Oedema (2,546 reports)
- Lisinopril side effect: Oedema (2,430 reports)
- Pantoprazole side effect: Oedema (2,421 reports)
- Lyrica side effect: Oedema (2,387 reports)
Browse all the drugs that are associated with Oedema:
- Oedema (2,276 drugs)
Common conditions associated with Oedema:
- Primary pulmonary hypertension: 6,129 reports
- Ra: 3,591 reports
- Hypertension: 3,430 reports
- Blood pressure increased: 3,383 reports
- Pulmonary hypertension: 2,340 reports
- Pain: 1,958 reports
- Alternative medicine - pain relief: 1,909 reports
- Plasma cell myeloma: 1,569 reports
- Diabetes mellitus: 1,473 reports
- Diabetes: 1,437 reports
Browse all the conditions that are associated with Oedema:
- Oedema (2,303 conditions)
Drugs similar to Levothyroxine sodium and Oedema :
How the study uses the data?
The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on levothyroxine sodium (the active ingredients of Levothyroxine sodium) and Levothyroxine sodium (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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