Nipride and Death - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data

Summary:

Death is reported as a side effect among people who take Nipride (sodium nitroprusside), especially for people who are female, 60+ old, have been taking the drug for < 1 month also take Trasylol, and have High blood pressure.

The study is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 312 people who have side effects when taking Nipride from the FDA, and is updated regularly.

What is Nipride?

Nipride has active ingredients of sodium nitroprusside. eHealthMe is studying from 313 Nipride users. Check the latest studies of Nipride.

On Jul, 13, 2026

312 people reported to have side effects when taking Nipride.
Among them, 80 people (25.64%) died.

Among these 80 people:

How long have people been on Nipride when they died? *

What is the gender of people who died when taking Nipride? *

female: 57.5 %
male: 42.5 %

What is the age of people who died when taking Nipride? *

What are other drugs people take besides Nipride? *

What are other side effects people have before they died? *

Pain: 80 people, 100.00%
Acute Kidney Failure: 77 people, 96.25%
Injury: 75 people, 93.75%
Fear: 73 people, 91.25%
Stress And Anxiety: 73 people, 91.25%
Renal Injury (kidney injury): 69 people, 86.25%
Anhedonia (inability to experience pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable): 60 people, 75.00%
Renal Impairment (severely reduced kidney function): 60 people, 75.00%
Emotional Distress: 57 people, 71.25%
Multi-Organ Failure (multisystem organ failure): 47 people, 58.75%

What are the existing conditions these people have? *

High Blood Pressure: 11 people, 13.75%
High Blood Cholesterol: 7 people, 8.75%
Chest Pain: 7 people, 8.75%
Pain: 3 people, 3.75%
Hypothyroidism (abnormally low activity of the thyroid gland, resulting in retardation of growth and mental development): 2 people, 2.50%
Diabetes: 2 people, 2.50%
Headache (pain in head): 2 people, 2.50%
Stress And Anxiety: 2 people, 2.50%
Type 2 Diabetes: 2 people, 2.50%
Multiple Allergies (allergy to multiple agents): 2 people, 2.50%

* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.

Related studies:

Effectiveness of, long term effects of, and alternative drugs to Nipride:

Nipride (313 reports)

Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of sodium nitroprusside:

Death and drugs with ingredients of sodium nitroprusside (120 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 Nipride:

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Browse all the drugs that are associated with Death:

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Browse all the conditions that are associated with Death:

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How the study uses the data?

The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on sodium nitroprusside (the active ingredients of Nipride) and Nipride (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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