Ramelteon and Drowsiness - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data
Summary:
Drowsiness is reported as a side effect among people who take Ramelteon (ramelteon), especially for people who are female, 60+ old, have been taking the drug for < 1 month also take Aspirin, and have Parkinson's disease.
The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people have Drowsiness when taking Ramelteon. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 1,370 people who have side effects when taking Ramelteon from the FDA, and is updated regularly.
What is Ramelteon?
Ramelteon has active ingredients of ramelteon. It is often used in insomnia. eHealthMe is studying from 1,387 Ramelteon users. Check the latest studies of Ramelteon.
What is Drowsiness?
Drowsiness is found to be associated with 2,865 drugs and 4,797 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Drowsiness.
1,370 people reported to have side effects when taking Ramelteon.
Among them, 31 people (2.26%) have Drowsiness.

Among these 31 people:
How long have people been on Ramelteon when they have Drowsiness? *
- < 1 month: 75 %
- 1 - 6 months: 25 %
- 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 Drowsiness when taking Ramelteon? *
- female: 53.85 %
- male: 46.15 %
What is the age of people who have Drowsiness when taking Ramelteon? *
- 0-1: 0.0 %
- 2-9: 0.0 %
- 10-19: 0.0 %
- 20-29: 8.33 %
- 30-39: 16.67 %
- 40-49: 20.83 %
- 50-59: 20.83 %
- 60+: 33.33 %
What are other drugs people take besides Ramelteon? *
- Aspirin: 5 people, 16.13%
- Mirtazapine: 4 people, 12.90%
- Xyrem: 3 people, 9.68%
- Gabapentin: 3 people, 9.68%
- Omeprazole: 3 people, 9.68%
- Vitamin D3: 3 people, 9.68%
- Lamotrigine: 3 people, 9.68%
- Clonazepam: 3 people, 9.68%
- Caplyta: 3 people, 9.68%
- Depakene: 3 people, 9.68%
What are other side effects people have besides Drowsiness? *
- Fatigue (feeling of tiredness): 6 people, 19.35%
- White Blood Cell Count Decreased: 2 people, 6.45%
- Sinusitis (inflammation of sinus): 2 people, 6.45%
- Hallucinations (sensations that appear real but are created by your mind): 2 people, 6.45%
- Feeling Cold: 2 people, 6.45%
- Feeling Abnormal: 2 people, 6.45%
- Malaise (a feeling of general discomfort or uneasiness): 2 people, 6.45%
- Memory Loss: 2 people, 6.45%
- Middle Insomnia (difficulty returning to sleep after awakening either in the middle of the night): 2 people, 6.45%
- Convulsion (muscles contract and relax rapidly and repeatedly, resulting in an uncontrolled shaking of the body): 2 people, 6.45%
What are the existing conditions these people have? *
- Parkinson's Disease: 4 people, 12.90%
- Sleep Disorder: 3 people, 9.68%
- Depression: 3 people, 9.68%
- Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder (family of sleep disorders affecting, among other things, the timing of sleep): 2 people, 6.45%
- Dementia Alzheimer's Type (loss of mental ability with alzheimer's symptom): 2 people, 6.45%
- Delusion (a false belief or opinion): 1 person, 3.23%
- Dyspnea (difficult or laboured breathing): 1 person, 3.23%
- Diabetes Insipidus (diabetes caused by a deficiency of the pituitary hormone vasopressin, which regulates kidney function): 1 person, 3.23%
- Dementia With Lewy Bodies (progressive degenerative disease or syndrome of the brain): 1 person, 3.23%
- Dementia (madness): 1 person, 3.23%
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
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Related studies:
Effectiveness of, long term effects of, and alternative drugs to Ramelteon:
- Ramelteon (1,387 reports)
Drowsiness treatments and more:
- Drowsiness (269,040 reports)
How severe was Drowsiness and when was it recovered:
Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of ramelteon:
- Drowsiness and drugs with ingredients of ramelteon (512 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 Ramelteon:
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 Drowsiness:
- Drowsiness (2,865 drugs)
Browse all the conditions that are associated with Drowsiness:
- Drowsiness (4,797 conditions)
How the study uses the data?
The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on ramelteon (the active ingredients of Ramelteon) and Ramelteon (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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