Melphalan and Head injury - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data
Summary:
Head injury is reported as a side effect among people who take Melphalan (melphalan), especially for people who are female, 60+ old, have been taking the drug for < 1 month also take Zometa, and have Multiple myeloma.
The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people have Head injury when taking Melphalan. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 20,050 people who have side effects when taking Melphalan from the FDA, and is updated regularly.
What is Melphalan?
Melphalan has active ingredients of melphalan. eHealthMe is studying from 20,052 Melphalan users. Check the latest studies of Melphalan.
What is Head injury?
Head injury is found to be associated with 2,632 drugs and 3,246 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Head injury.
20,050 people reported to have side effects when taking Melphalan.
Among them, 45 people (0.22%) have Head injury.

Among these 45 people:
How long have people been on Melphalan when they have Head injury? *
- < 1 month: 70 %
- 1 - 6 months: 30 %
- 6 - 12 months: 0.0 %
- 1 - 2 years: 0.0 %
- 2 - 5 years: 0.0 %
- 5 - 10 years: 0.0 %
- 10+ years: 0.0 %
What is the gender of people who have Head injury when taking Melphalan? *
- female: 52.5 %
- male: 47.5 %
What is the age of people who have Head injury when taking Melphalan? *
- 0-1: 2.86 %
- 2-9: 0.0 %
- 10-19: 2.86 %
- 20-29: 2.86 %
- 30-39: 0.0 %
- 40-49: 8.57 %
- 50-59: 2.86 %
- 60+: 80.0 %
What are other drugs people take besides Melphalan? *
- Zometa: 22 people, 48.89%
- Aredia: 17 people, 37.78%
- Thalidomide: 17 people, 37.78%
- Velcade: 16 people, 35.56%
- Dexamethasone: 14 people, 31.11%
- Revlimid: 11 people, 24.44%
- Cyclophosphamide: 10 people, 22.22%
- Diflucan: 10 people, 22.22%
- Heparin: 8 people, 17.78%
- Cytoxan: 8 people, 17.78%
What are other side effects people have besides Head injury? *
- Fall: 25 people, 55.56%
- Joint Pain: 21 people, 46.67%
- Constipation: 20 people, 44.44%
- Fatigue (feeling of tiredness): 19 people, 42.22%
- Pain: 18 people, 40.00%
- Dizziness: 18 people, 40.00%
- Dyspnea (difficult or laboured breathing): 17 people, 37.78%
- Stress And Anxiety: 16 people, 35.56%
- Weakness: 16 people, 35.56%
- Fever: 15 people, 33.33%
What are the existing conditions these people have? *
- Multiple Myeloma (cancer of the plasma cells): 34 people, 75.56%
- Bone Marrow Conditioning Regimen: 8 people, 17.78%
- Atrial Fibrillation/flutter (atrial fibrillation and flutter are abnormal heart rhythms in which the atria, or upper chambers of the heart, are out of sync with the ventricles): 6 people, 13.33%
- High Blood Pressure: 5 people, 11.11%
- Pain: 4 people, 8.89%
- Hypercalcaemia (elevated calcium (ca+) level in the blood): 3 people, 6.67%
- Anaemia (lack of blood): 3 people, 6.67%
- Fever: 3 people, 6.67%
- Constipation: 3 people, 6.67%
- General Physical Health Deterioration (weak health status): 2 people, 4.44%
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
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Related studies:
Effectiveness of, long term effects of, and alternative drugs to Melphalan:
- Melphalan (20,052 reports)
Head injury treatments and more:
- Head injury (160,560 reports)
How severe was Head injury and when was it recovered:
Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of melphalan:
- Head injury and drugs with ingredients of melphalan (92 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 Melphalan:
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 Head injury:
- Head injury (2,632 drugs)
Browse all the conditions that are associated with Head injury:
- Head injury (3,246 conditions)
How the study uses the data?
The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on melphalan (the active ingredients of Melphalan) and Melphalan (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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