Melphalan and Itching - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data
Summary:
Itching is reported as a side effect among people who take Melphalan (melphalan), especially for people who are male, 60+ old, have been taking the drug for < 1 month also take Revlimid, and have Multiple myeloma.
The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people have Itching 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 Itching?
Itching is found to be associated with 3,211 drugs and 4,532 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Itching.
20,050 people reported to have side effects when taking Melphalan.
Among them, 61 people (0.3%) have Itching.

Among these 61 people:
How long have people been on Melphalan when they have Itching? *
- < 1 month: 90.48 %
- 1 - 6 months: 9.52 %
- 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 Itching when taking Melphalan? *
- female: 30.91 %
- male: 69.09 %
What is the age of people who have Itching when taking Melphalan? *
- 0-1: 0.0 %
- 2-9: 12 %
- 10-19: 4 %
- 20-29: 0.0 %
- 30-39: 2 %
- 40-49: 12 %
- 50-59: 8 %
- 60+: 62 %
What are other drugs people take besides Melphalan? *
- Revlimid: 13 people, 21.31%
- Velcade: 11 people, 18.03%
- Dilaudid: 9 people, 14.75%
- Morphine: 9 people, 14.75%
- Zometa: 8 people, 13.11%
- Dexamethasone: 7 people, 11.48%
- Decadron: 6 people, 9.84%
- Emend: 6 people, 9.84%
- Ativan: 6 people, 9.84%
- Lenalidomide: 6 people, 9.84%
What are other side effects people have besides Itching? *
- Fever: 23 people, 37.70%
- Rashes (redness): 18 people, 29.51%
- Pneumonia: 16 people, 26.23%
- Fatigue (feeling of tiredness): 15 people, 24.59%
- Thrombocytopenia (decrease of platelets in blood): 14 people, 22.95%
- Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit): 12 people, 19.67%
- Febrile Neutropenia (fever with reduced white blood cells): 12 people, 19.67%
- Diarrhea: 12 people, 19.67%
- Agranulocytosis (a deficiency of granulocytes in the blood, causing increased vulnerability to infection): 11 people, 18.03%
- Weakness: 10 people, 16.39%
What are the existing conditions these people have? *
- Multiple Myeloma (cancer of the plasma cells): 29 people, 47.54%
- High Blood Pressure: 8 people, 13.11%
- Mucosal Inflammation (infection of mucous membrane): 6 people, 9.84%
- Pain: 6 people, 9.84%
- Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit): 6 people, 9.84%
- Hodgkin's Lymphoma (cancer originating from white blood cells): 5 people, 8.20%
- Bone Marrow Conditioning Regimen: 5 people, 8.20%
- Essential Tremor: 3 people, 4.92%
- Insomnia (sleeplessness): 3 people, 4.92%
- Sepsis (a severe blood infection that can lead to organ failure and death): 3 people, 4.92%
* 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)
Itching treatments and more:
- Itching (398,819 reports)
How severe was Itching and when was it recovered:
Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of melphalan:
- Itching and drugs with ingredients of melphalan (100 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 Itching:
- Itching (3,211 drugs)
Browse all the conditions that are associated with Itching:
- Itching (4,532 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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