Mercaptopurine and Myelodysplastic syndrome - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data
Summary:
Myelodysplastic syndrome is found among people who take Mercaptopurine, especially for people who are male, 60+ old, have been taking the drug for 2 - 5 years.
The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people take Mercaptopurine and have Myelodysplastic syndrome. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 17,723 people who have side effects when taking Mercaptopurine from the FDA, and is updated regularly. You can use the study as a second opinion to make health care decisions.
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17,723 people reported to have side effects when taking Mercaptopurine.
Among them, 149 people (0.84%) have Myelodysplastic syndrome.
What is Mercaptopurine?
Mercaptopurine has active ingredients of mercaptopurine. It is often used in crohn's disease. eHealthMe is studying from 17,983 Mercaptopurine users for its effectiveness, alternative drugs and more.
What is Myelodysplastic syndrome?
Myelodysplastic syndrome (a group of conditions that occur when the blood-forming cells in the bone marrow are damaged) is found to be associated with 1,283 drugs and 982 conditions by eHealthMe.
Number of Mercaptopurine and Myelodysplastic syndrome reports submitted per year:

Time on Mercaptopurine when people have Myelodysplastic syndrome *:
Gender of people who have Myelodysplastic syndrome when taking Mercaptopurine*:
Age of people who have Myelodysplastic syndrome when taking Mercaptopurine *:
Common drugs people take besides Mercaptopurine *:
Common side effects people have besides Myelodysplastic syndrome *:
Common conditions people have *:
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
Do you take Mercaptopurine and have Myelodysplastic syndrome?
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Related publications that referenced our studies
- Onder H, Arsava EM, Arat A, Topcuoglu MA, "Acute middle cerebral artery occlusion treated by thrombectomy in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome and severe thrombocytopenia", Journal of vascular and interventional neurology, 2015 Jan .
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How severe was Myelodysplastic syndrome and when was it recovered:
Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of mercaptopurine:
Alternative drugs to, pros and cons of Mercaptopurine:
- Mercaptopurine (17,983 reports)
Common Mercaptopurine side effects:
- Abdominal distension: 156 reports
- Abdominal pain: 692 reports
- Abdominal pain upper: 182 reports
- Acute lymphocytic leukaemia recurrent (cancer in which the bone marrow makes too many lymphocytes-recurrent): 135 reports
- Acute myeloid leukaemia (acute cancer in which the bone marrow makes abnormal myeloblasts): 196 reports
- Agranulocytosis (a deficiency of granulocytes in the blood, causing increased vulnerability to infection): 578 reports
- Alanine aminotransferase increased: 286 reports
- Anaemia (lack of blood): 486 reports
- Anaphylaxis (serious allergic reaction that is rapid in onset and may cause death): 127 reports
- Appetite - decreased (decreased appetite occurs when you have a reduced desire to eat): 196 reports
- Arrhythmias (irregular heartbeat): 209 reports
- Aseptic necrosis (the death of bone tissue due to a lack of blood supply): 194 reports
- Aspartate aminotransferase increased: 205 reports
- Back pain: 259 reports
- Bacterial infection: 407 reports
- Blood bilirubin increased: 166 reports
- Blood pressure fluctuation: 129 reports
- Bone marrow failure: 227 reports
- Breathing difficulty: 399 reports
- Bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (lung disorder caused by aspergillus fungi): 195 reports
- Cellulitis (infection under the skin): 218 reports
- Chest pain: 237 reports
- Chills (felling of cold): 196 reports
- Clostridium difficile colitis (inflammation of colon by clostridium difficile bacteria infection): 315 reports
- Colitis (inflammation of colon): 239 reports
- Constipation: 235 reports
- Convulsion (muscles contract and relax rapidly and repeatedly, resulting in an uncontrolled shaking of the body): 125 reports
- Cough: 310 reports
- Crohn's disease (condition that causes inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract): 906 reports
- Cytomegalovirus chorioretinitis (infection of choroid and retina of the eye from virus): 166 reports
- Cytomegalovirus infection: 109 reports
- Cytomegalovirus viraemia (cytomegalo virus in blood stream): 137 reports
- Death: 326 reports
- Dehydration (dryness resulting from the removal of water): 195 reports
- Depression: 111 reports
- Diarrhea: 762 reports
- Disease progression: 102 reports
- Dizziness: 293 reports
- Drowsiness: 137 reports
- Drug hypersensitivity: 205 reports
- Drug ineffective: 925 reports
- Drug intolerance (drug sensitivity): 130 reports
- Enteritis (inflammation of the small intestine): 152 reports
- Enterobacter infection (infection caused by bacteria of the family enterobacteriaceae): 137 reports
- Fall: 124 reports
- Fatigue (feeling of tiredness): 670 reports
- Febrile bone marrow aplasia (bone marrow greatly decreases or stops production of blood cells): 242 reports
- Febrile neutropenia (fever with reduced white blood cells): 1,401 reports
- Fever: 1,229 reports
- Fungal infection: 230 reports
- Gait disturbance: 118 reports
- Haematochezia (passage of stools containing blood): 134 reports
- Haematotoxicity (toxins that destroy red blood cells): 241 reports
- Haemoglobin decreased: 256 reports
- Haemorrhage (bleeding): 115 reports
- Hair loss: 114 reports
- Headache (pain in head): 626 reports
- Head injury: 114 reports
- Hepatosplenic t-cell lymphoma (neoplasm comprising medium-sized cytotoxic t-cells that show a significant sinusoidal infiltration in the liver, spleen, and bone marrow): 174 reports
- Hepatotoxicity (chemical-driven liver damage): 146 reports
- Herpes zoster: 173 reports
- High blood pressure: 286 reports
- Hyperbilirubinaemia (excess of bilirubin in the blood): 142 reports
- Hyperglycemia (high blood sugar): 116 reports
- Hypersensitivity: 170 reports
- Hypertriglyceridaemia (excess of triglycerides in the blood): 141 reports
- Hypoaesthesia (reduced sense of touch or sensation): 143 reports
- Hypotension (abnormally low blood pressure): 389 reports
- Infection: 220 reports
- Infusion related reaction: 176 reports
- Injection site erythema (redness at injection site): 115 reports
- Injection site pain: 346 reports
- Insomnia (sleeplessness): 108 reports
- Intestinal obstruction: 167 reports
- Itching: 179 reports
- Joint pain: 430 reports
- Leukopenia (less number of white blood cells in blood): 240 reports
- Lymph follicular hypertrophy (an increase in the size of the lymph node follicles): 106 reports
- Malaise (a feeling of general discomfort or uneasiness): 326 reports
- Mucosal inflammation (infection of mucous membrane): 197 reports
- Multi-organ failure (multisystem organ failure): 110 reports
- Muscle aches (muscle pain): 170 reports
- Myelodysplastic syndrome (a group of conditions that occur when the blood-forming cells in the bone marrow are damaged): 149 reports
- Nasopharyngitis (inflammation of the nasopharynx): 137 reports
- Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit): 761 reports
- Nausea and vomiting: 707 reports
- Neuropathy peripheral (surface nerve damage): 180 reports
- Neurotoxicity (when the exposure to natural or artificial toxic substances, which are called neurotoxins, alters the normal activity of the nervous system): 130 reports
- Neutrophil count decreased (less than normal number of neutrophil a type of blood cell): 177 reports
- Nosebleed (bleeding from nose): 121 reports
- Oedema peripheral (superficial swelling): 101 reports
- Oesophageal candidiasis (fungal infection of oesophagus): 128 reports
- Oral herpes (viral infection of mouth): 115 reports
- Oropharyngeal pain: 133 reports
- Pain: 381 reports
- Pain in extremity: 270 reports
- Pancreatitis (inflammation of pancreas): 334 reports
- Pancreatitis acute (sudden inflammation of pancreas): 133 reports
- Pancytopenia (medical condition in which there is a reduction in the number of red and white blood cells, as well as platelets): 465 reports
- Paraesthesia (sensation of tingling, tickling, prickling, pricking, or burning of a person's skin with no apparent long-term physical effect): 156 reports
- Parainfluenzae virus infection: 246 reports
- Pleural effusion (water on the lungs): 138 reports
- Pneumatosis intestinalis (air or gas in an intestine): 129 reports
- Pneumonia: 640 reports
- Pseudomonal sepsis (pseudomonas infections are diseases caused by a bacterium from the genus pseudomonas): 171 reports
- Rashes (redness): 462 reports
- Rectal haemorrhage (bleeding from anus): 162 reports
- Renal impairment (severely reduced kidney function): 103 reports
- Respiratory acidosis (respiratory failure or ventilatory failure, causes the ph of blood and other bodily fluids to decrease): 171 reports
- Respiratory distress (difficulty in breathing): 128 reports
- Rhinovirus infection: 170 reports
- Seizures (abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain): 177 reports
- Sepsis (a severe blood infection that can lead to organ failure and death): 487 reports
- Septic shock (shock due to blood infection): 166 reports
- Sinusitis (inflammation of sinus): 167 reports
- Small intestinal obstruction (blockage in small intestine): 115 reports
- Speech impairment (adult) (inability to speak (adult)): 112 reports
- Staphylococcal infection (an infection with staphylococcus bacteria): 122 reports
- Stomatitis (inflammation of mucous membrane of mouth): 165 reports
- Stress and anxiety: 190 reports
- Thrombocytopenia (decrease of platelets in blood): 597 reports
- Ulcerative colitis (inflammatory bowel disease (ibd). it causes swelling, ulcerations, and loss of function of the large intestine): 297 reports
- Upper respiratory tract infection: 160 reports
- Urinary tract infection: 258 reports
- Urticaria (rash of round, red welts on the skin that itch intensely): 107 reports
- Venoocclusive liver disease (small veins in the liver are obstructed): 192 reports
- Venous thrombosis (blood clot (thrombus) that forms within a vein): 110 reports
- Viral infection: 300 reports
- Vision blurred: 102 reports
- Weakness: 471 reports
- Weight decreased: 324 reports
- Weight increased: 234 reports
- White blood cell count decreased: 228 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 zMyelodysplastic syndrome treatments and more:
- Myelodysplastic syndrome (49,651 reports)
COVID vaccines that are related to Myelodysplastic syndrome:
- Myelodysplastic syndrome in Moderna COVID Vaccine
- Myelodysplastic syndrome in Pfizer BioNTech Covid Vaccine
- Myelodysplastic syndrome in Johnson and Johnson Covid Vaccine
Common drugs associated with Myelodysplastic syndrome:
- Acetaminophen: 135 reports
- Acyclovir: 102 reports
- Albuterol: 116 reports
- Alkeran: 119 reports
- Allopurinol: 374 reports
- Ambien: 118 reports
- Amlodipine: 184 reports
- Aranesp: 387 reports
- Aredia: 148 reports
- Aspirin: 603 reports
- Atenolol: 127 reports
- Ativan: 122 reports
- Azacitidine: 258 reports
- Azathioprine: 174 reports
- Bactrim: 174 reports
- Bortezomib: 129 reports
- Busulfan: 113 reports
- Calcium: 103 reports
- Carboplatin: 550 reports
- Cisplatin: 568 reports
- Coumadin: 178 reports
- Cyclophosphamide: 2,122 reports
- Cyclosporine: 166 reports
- Cytarabine: 919 reports
- Dacarbazine: 108 reports
- Dexamethasone: 473 reports
- Digoxin: 177 reports
- Diovan: 120 reports
- Docetaxel: 129 reports
- Doxorubicin hydrochloride: 225 reports
- Enbrel: 164 reports
- Etoposide: 1,172 reports
- Exjade: 553 reports
- Finasteride: 111 reports
- Fluconazole: 161 reports
- Fludara: 854 reports
- Fludarabine phosphate: 302 reports
- Fluorouracil: 201 reports
- Folic acid: 235 reports
- Fosamax: 197 reports
- Furosemide: 362 reports
- Gabapentin: 204 reports
- Humira: 275 reports
- Ifosfamide: 470 reports
- Lansoprazole: 107 reports
- Lasix: 386 reports
- Levaquin: 101 reports
- Levothyroxine sodium: 149 reports
- Lipitor: 183 reports
- Lisinopril: 187 reports
- Loraz: 138 reports
- Lorazepam: 138 reports
- Lynparza: 157 reports
- Lyrica: 137 reports
- Magnesium: 110 reports
- Melphalan: 516 reports
- Melphalan hydrochloride: 119 reports
- Mercaptopurine: 149 reports
- Metformin: 272 reports
- Methotrexate: 1,229 reports
- Methotrexate sodium: 121 reports
- Metoprolol tartrate: 114 reports
- Mitoxantrone: 279 reports
- Morphine: 135 reports
- Mycophenolate mofetil: 116 reports
- Neupogen: 272 reports
- Neurontin: 141 reports
- Nexium: 174 reports
- Norvasc: 110 reports
- Nplate: 510 reports
- Omeprazole: 388 reports
- Oncovin: 104 reports
- Ondansetron: 137 reports
- Oxycodone: 116 reports
- Paclitaxel: 331 reports
- Pantoprazole: 279 reports
- Paracetamol: 108 reports
- Plavix: 162 reports
- Prednisolone: 655 reports
- Prednisone: 1,391 reports
- Prilosec: 191 reports
- Promacta: 104 reports
- Protonix: 153 reports
- Ramipril: 158 reports
- Remicade: 153 reports
- Revlimid: 2,145 reports
- Rituxan: 145 reports
- Simvastatin: 215 reports
- Soliris: 392 reports
- Synthroid: 169 reports
- Tacrolimus: 103 reports
- Taxol: 132 reports
- Taxotere: 120 reports
- Thalomid: 239 reports
- Tramadol: 108 reports
- Tylenol: 182 reports
- Velcade: 223 reports
- Vidaza: 488 reports
- Vincristine sulfate: 281 reports
- Vitamin b12: 108 reports
- Vitamin d: 122 reports
- Vitamins: 165 reports
- Warfarin sodium: 113 reports
- Zocor: 118 reports
- Zofran: 146 reports
- Zometa: 236 reports
All the drugs that are associated with Myelodysplastic syndrome:
- Myelodysplastic syndrome (1,283 drugs)
Common conditions associated with Myelodysplastic syndrome:
- Acid reflux: 115 reports
- Acupuncture and pain: 146 reports
- Acute myeloid leukaemia: 216 reports
- Acute myeloid leukaemia aggravated: 216 reports
- A-fib: 164 reports
- Alternative medicine - pain relief: 199 reports
- Anaemia: 174 reports
- Atrial fibrillation: 164 reports
- Atrial fibrillation/flutter: 164 reports
- B-cell lymphoma: 353 reports
- Blood cholesterol increased: 164 reports
- Blood pressure increased: 529 reports
- Blood triglycerides abnormal: 159 reports
- Bone marrow conditioning regimen: 252 reports
- Breast cancer: 228 reports
- Burkitt lymphoma: 369 reports
- Cancer - breast: 224 reports
- Chemotherapy: 116 reports
- Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: 420 reports
- Chronic myeloid leukaemia: 162 reports
- Constipation: 127 reports
- Crohn's disease: 114 reports
- Depression: 119 reports
- Diabetes: 157 reports
- Diabetes mellitus: 163 reports
- Diabetes mellitus management: 163 reports
- Diffuse large b-cell lymphoma: 561 reports
- Dm: 163 reports
- Epilepsy: 101 reports
- Hbp: 545 reports
- High blood cholesterol: 164 reports
- High blood pressure: 529 reports
- Hodgkin's lymphoma: 162 reports
- Hypercholesterolaemia: 164 reports
- Hyperlipidemia: 164 reports
- Hypertension: 533 reports
- Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: 457 reports
- Infection: 119 reports
- Iron overload: 161 reports
- Lipid test: 164 reports
- Lipoprotein test: 164 reports
- Lymphoblastic lymphoma: 594 reports
- Lymphoma: 149 reports
- Lymphoma - non-hodgkin's: 594 reports
- Malignant plasmacytoma: 1,122 reports
- Mantle cell lymphoma: 139 reports
- Multiple myeloma: 1,122 reports
- Multiple sclerosis: 173 reports
- Multiple sclerosis aggravated: 173 reports
- Myelodysplastic syndrome: 1,578 reports
- Nausea: 106 reports
- Non-hodgkin's lymphoma: 560 reports
- Osteoporosis: 257 reports
- Ovarian cancer: 311 reports
- Pain: 205 reports
- Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria: 375 reports
- Plasma cell myeloma: 1,077 reports
- Preventive health care: 292 reports
- Ra: 566 reports
- Regional enteritis: 119 reports
- Rheumatoid arthritis: 566 reports
- Small non-cleaved cell lymphoma: 369 reports
- Stem cell transplant: 112 reports
- Stress and anxiety: 106 reports
- Thin bones: 247 reports
- Thrombocytopenia: 115 reports
- Thrombosis: 112 reports
- Type 2 diabetes: 103 reports
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus: 103 reports
All the conditions that are associated with Myelodysplastic syndrome:
- Myelodysplastic syndrome (982 conditions)
How the study uses the data?
The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on mercaptopurine (the active ingredients of Mercaptopurine) and Mercaptopurine (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.
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