Regular insulin and Pericardial effusion - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data

Summary:

Pericardial effusion is reported as a side effect among people who take Regular insulin (insulin pork), especially for people who are female, 40-49 old, also take Benadryl, and have Mental disorder.

The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people have Pericardial effusion when taking Regular insulin. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 2,776 people who have side effects when taking Regular insulin from the FDA, and is updated regularly.

What is Regular insulin?

Regular insulin has active ingredients of insulin pork. It is often used in type 1 diabetes. eHealthMe is studying from 2,848 Regular insulin users. Check the latest studies of Regular insulin.

What is Pericardial effusion?

Pericardial effusion (fluid around the heart) is found to be associated with 1,405 drugs and 1,462 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Pericardial effusion.

On Aug, 11, 2026

2,776 people reported to have side effects when taking Regular insulin.
Among them, 24 people (0.86%) have Pericardial effusion.

Could Regular insulin cause Pericardial effusion?

Among these 24 people:

What is the gender of people who have Pericardial effusion when taking Regular insulin? *

female: 58.33 %
male: 41.67 %

What is the age of people who have Pericardial effusion when taking Regular insulin? *

What are other drugs people take besides Regular insulin? *

What are other side effects people have besides Pericardial effusion? *

Pleural Effusion (water on the lungs): 10 people, 41.67%
Hypotension (abnormally low blood pressure): 10 people, 41.67%
Cardiac Failure Congestive: 9 people, 37.50%
Weakness: 7 people, 29.17%
High Blood Pressure: 7 people, 29.17%
Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit): 7 people, 29.17%
Appetite - Decreased (decreased appetite occurs when you have a reduced desire to eat): 6 people, 25.00%
Ventricular Tachycardia (rapid heartbeat that originates in one of the lower chambers (the ventricles) of the heart): 6 people, 25.00%
Lymph Follicular Hypertrophy (an increase in the size of the lymph node follicles): 6 people, 25.00%
Breast Cyst: 6 people, 25.00%

What are the existing conditions these people have? *

Mental Disorder (a psychological term for a mental or behavioural pattern or anomaly that causes distress or disability): 5 people, 20.83%
Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (All) (cancer of the white blood cells characterized by excess lymphoblasts): 4 people, 16.67%
Weight Loss: 3 people, 12.50%
High Blood Pressure: 3 people, 12.50%
Leukaemia Recurrent (repeat cancer of bone marrow or blood cells): 2 people, 8.33%
Multiple Myeloma (cancer of the plasma cells): 1 person, 4.17%
Chronic Renal Failure (kidney failure): 1 person, 4.17%

* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.

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How the study uses the data?

The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on insulin pork (the active ingredients of Regular insulin) and Regular insulin (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).

WARNING, DISCLAIMER, USE FOR PUBLICATION

WARNING: Please DO NOT STOP MEDICATIONS without first consulting a physician since doing so could be hazardous to your health.

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