Mepron and Urticaria - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data
Summary:
Urticaria is reported as a side effect among people who take Mepron (atovaquone), especially for people who are female, 60+ old, have been taking the drug for < 1 month also take Prednisone, and have Lyme disease.
The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people have Urticaria when taking Mepron. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 2,035 people who have side effects when taking Mepron from the FDA, and is updated regularly.
What is Mepron?
Mepron has active ingredients of atovaquone. It is often used in babesiosis. eHealthMe is studying from 2,091 Mepron users. Check the latest studies of Mepron.
What is Urticaria?
Urticaria (rash of round, red welts on the skin that itch intensely) is found to be associated with 2,612 drugs and 2,955 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Urticaria.
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2,035 people reported to have side effects when taking Mepron.
Among them, 20 people (0.98%) have Urticaria.

Among these 20 people:
How long have people been on Mepron when they have Urticaria? *
- < 1 month: 80 %
- 1 - 6 months: 20 %
- 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 Urticaria when taking Mepron? *
- female: 65 %
- male: 35 %
What is the age of people who have Urticaria when taking Mepron? *
- 0-1: 0.0 %
- 2-9: 0.0 %
- 10-19: 6.25 %
- 20-29: 12.5 %
- 30-39: 12.5 %
- 40-49: 18.75 %
- 50-59: 25.0 %
- 60+: 25.0 %
What are other drugs people take besides Mepron? *
- Prednisone: 3 people, 15.00%
- Norvir: 2 people, 10.00%
- Tikosyn: 2 people, 10.00%
- Oxycontin: 2 people, 10.00%
- Pantoprazole: 2 people, 10.00%
- Fluoxetine: 2 people, 10.00%
- Flomax: 2 people, 10.00%
- Cresemba: 2 people, 10.00%
- Dacogen: 2 people, 10.00%
- Ascorbate: 2 people, 10.00%
What are other side effects people have besides Urticaria? *
- Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit): 5 people, 25.00%
- Pain In Extremity: 3 people, 15.00%
- Weakness: 3 people, 15.00%
- Chills (felling of cold): 3 people, 15.00%
- Dizziness: 3 people, 15.00%
- Speech Impairment (Adult) (inability to speak (adult)): 3 people, 15.00%
- White Blood Cell Count Decreased: 2 people, 10.00%
- Glossodynia (a burning or painful sensation in the tongue): 2 people, 10.00%
- Oropharyngeal Pain: 2 people, 10.00%
- Neutrophil Count Decreased (less than normal number of neutrophil a type of blood cell): 2 people, 10.00%
What are the existing conditions these people have? *
- Lyme Disease (a bacterial infection that is spread to humans by infected ticks): 4 people, 20.00%
- Pain In Extremity: 2 people, 10.00%
- Neuralgia (pain in one or more nerves): 2 people, 10.00%
- Micturition Disorder (disease of passing urine): 2 people, 10.00%
- Joint Pain: 2 people, 10.00%
- Depression: 2 people, 10.00%
- Coronary Artery Occlusion (complete obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery): 2 people, 10.00%
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (cancer in which the bone marrow makes too many lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell)): 2 people, 10.00%
- Bone Pain: 2 people, 10.00%
- Adverse Drug Reaction: 2 people, 10.00%
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
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Related studies:
Effectiveness of, long term effects of, and alternative drugs to Mepron:
- Mepron (2,091 reports)
Urticaria treatments and more:
- Urticaria (173,777 reports)
How severe was Urticaria and when was it recovered:
Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of atovaquone:
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 Mepron:
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 Urticaria:
- Urticaria (2,612 drugs)
Browse all the conditions that are associated with Urticaria:
- Urticaria (2,955 conditions)
Related publications that referenced our studies
- Sharma SP, Muggia F, "Supraventricular tachycardia and urticaria complicating leuprolide-induced ovarian suppression in a young woman with breast cancer: a case report", ecancermedicalscience, 2016 Jan .
- Musri FY, Mutlu H, K?vrak Salim D, Karakurt Ery?lmaz M, ?nal B, Tural D, ?enol Co?kun H, "Sorafenib-induced severe urticaria in a patient with hepatocellular cancer", Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice, 2016 Jan .
- Semira ZA, Zulfkar Q, Sameem F, "Livedo reticularis associated with dapsone therapy in a patient with chronic urticaria", Indian journal of pharmacology, 2014 Jan .
- Sharma SP, Muggia F, "Supraventricular tachycardia and urticaria complicating leuprolide-induced ovarian suppression in a young woman with breast cancer: a case report", ecancermedicalscience, 2016 Jan .
- Musri FY, Mutlu H, K?vrak Salim D, Karakurt Ery?lmaz M, ?nal B, Tural D, ?enol Co?kun H, "Sorafenib-induced severe urticaria in a patient with hepatocellular cancer", Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice, 2016 Jan .
- Semira ZA, Zulfkar Q, Sameem F, "Livedo reticularis associated with dapsone therapy in a patient with chronic urticaria", Indian journal of pharmacology, 2014 Jan .
How the study uses the data?
The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on atovaquone (the active ingredients of Mepron) and Mepron (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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