Medrol and Multiple myeloma - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data
Summary:
Multiple myeloma is reported as a side effect among people who take Medrol (methylprednisolone), especially for people who are female, 60+ old, have been taking the drug for < 1 month also take Revlimid, and have Pain.
The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people have Multiple myeloma when taking Medrol. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 23,951 people who have side effects when taking Medrol from the FDA, and is updated regularly.
What is Medrol?
Medrol has active ingredients of methylprednisolone. It is often used in rheumatoid arthritis. eHealthMe is studying from 24,443 Medrol users. Check the latest studies of Medrol.
What is Multiple myeloma?
Multiple myeloma (cancer of the plasma cells) is found to be associated with 1,109 drugs and 1,404 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Multiple myeloma.
23,951 people reported to have side effects when taking Medrol.
Among them, 61 people (0.25%) have Multiple myeloma.

Among these 61 people:
How long have people been on Medrol when they have Multiple myeloma? *
- < 1 month: 50 %
- 1 - 6 months: 40 %
- 6 - 12 months: 0.0 %
- 1 - 2 years: 0.0 %
- 2 - 5 years: 0.0 %
- 5 - 10 years: 0.0 %
- 10+ years: 10 %
What is the gender of people who have Multiple myeloma when taking Medrol? *
- female: 52.54 %
- male: 47.46 %
What is the age of people who have Multiple myeloma when taking Medrol? *
- 0-1: 0.0 %
- 2-9: 0.0 %
- 10-19: 0.0 %
- 20-29: 0.0 %
- 30-39: 0.0 %
- 40-49: 2.17 %
- 50-59: 21.74 %
- 60+: 76.09 %
What are other drugs people take besides Medrol? *
- Revlimid: 25 people, 40.98%
- Zometa: 22 people, 36.07%
- Prilosec: 12 people, 19.67%
- Aredia: 10 people, 16.39%
- Omeprazole: 10 people, 16.39%
- Mobic: 9 people, 14.75%
- Cymbalta: 8 people, 13.11%
- Dexamethasone: 8 people, 13.11%
- Prinivil: 8 people, 13.11%
- Levaquin: 8 people, 13.11%
What are other side effects people have besides Multiple myeloma? *
- Anaemia (lack of blood): 15 people, 24.59%
- Dyspnea (difficult or laboured breathing): 14 people, 22.95%
- Pain: 13 people, 21.31%
- Spinal Osteoarthritis (joint cartilage loss in spine): 13 people, 21.31%
- Osteonecrosis Of Jaw (death of bone of jaw): 13 people, 21.31%
- Acute Kidney Failure: 13 people, 21.31%
- Osteoarthritis (a joint disease caused by cartilage loss in a joint): 13 people, 21.31%
- Deformity (disfigurement): 13 people, 21.31%
- Anhedonia (inability to experience pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable): 13 people, 21.31%
- Back Pain: 13 people, 21.31%
What are the existing conditions these people have? *
- High Blood Pressure: 8 people, 13.11%
- Pain: 8 people, 13.11%
- Metastases To Bone (cancer spreads to bone): 6 people, 9.84%
- Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease (reproducible ischemic muscle pain): 5 people, 8.20%
- Back Pain: 4 people, 6.56%
- Muscle Spasms (muscle contraction): 3 people, 4.92%
- High Blood Cholesterol: 2 people, 3.28%
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (cancer in which the bone marrow makes too many lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell)): 2 people, 3.28%
- Breast Cancer: 2 people, 3.28%
- Bone Lesion (bone with abnormalities. bone lesions can result from growth formations, infections, or injuries): 2 people, 3.28%
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
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Related studies:
Effectiveness of, long term effects of, and alternative drugs to Medrol:
- Medrol (24,443 reports)
Multiple myeloma treatments and more:
- Multiple myeloma (516,725 reports)
How severe was Multiple myeloma and when was it recovered:
Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of methylprednisolone:
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 Medrol:
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 Multiple myeloma:
- Multiple myeloma (1,109 drugs)
Browse all the conditions that are associated with Multiple myeloma:
- Multiple myeloma (1,404 conditions)
How the study uses the data?
The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on methylprednisolone (the active ingredients of Medrol) and Medrol (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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