Rilutek and Arrhythmias - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data
Summary:
Arrhythmias is reported as a side effect among people who take Rilutek (riluzole), especially for people who are male, 60+ old, have been taking the drug for < 1 month also take Thalidomide, and have Depression.
The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people have Arrhythmias when taking Rilutek. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 1,068 people who have side effects when taking Rilutek from the FDA, and is updated regularly.
What is Rilutek?
Rilutek has active ingredients of riluzole. It is often used in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. eHealthMe is studying from 1,083 Rilutek users. Check the latest studies of Rilutek.
What is Arrhythmias?
Arrhythmias (irregular heartbeat) is found to be associated with 2,757 drugs and 4,838 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Arrhythmias.
1,068 people reported to have side effects when taking Rilutek.
Among them, 19 people (1.78%) have Arrhythmias.

Among these 19 people:
How long have people been on Rilutek when they have Arrhythmias? *
- < 1 month: 75 %
- 1 - 6 months: 0.0 %
- 6 - 12 months: 0.0 %
- 1 - 2 years: 0.0 %
- 2 - 5 years: 25 %
- 5 - 10 years: 0.0 %
- 10+ years: 0.0 %
What is the gender of people who have Arrhythmias when taking Rilutek? *
- female: 31.58 %
- male: 68.42 %
What is the age of people who have Arrhythmias when taking Rilutek? *
- 0-1: 0.0 %
- 2-9: 0.0 %
- 10-19: 5.88 %
- 20-29: 0.0 %
- 30-39: 0.0 %
- 40-49: 0.0 %
- 50-59: 41.18 %
- 60+: 52.94 %
What are other drugs people take besides Rilutek? *
- Thalidomide: 4 people, 21.05%
- Hyzaar: 2 people, 10.53%
- Lotrel: 2 people, 10.53%
- Albuterol: 2 people, 10.53%
- Ambien: 2 people, 10.53%
- Aspirin: 2 people, 10.53%
- Baclofen: 2 people, 10.53%
- Diovan: 2 people, 10.53%
- Ibuprofen: 2 people, 10.53%
- Lioresal: 2 people, 10.53%
What are other side effects people have besides Arrhythmias? *
- Shock (a life-threatening condition with symptoms like low blood pressure, weakness, shallow breathing, cold, clammy skin): 6 people, 31.58%
- Hypotension (abnormally low blood pressure): 6 people, 31.58%
- Loss Of Consciousness: 5 people, 26.32%
- Pneumonia: 5 people, 26.32%
- Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit): 4 people, 21.05%
- Bradycardia (abnormally slow heart action): 4 people, 21.05%
- Weakness: 4 people, 21.05%
- High Blood Pressure: 3 people, 15.79%
- Cardiac Failure: 3 people, 15.79%
- Left Ventricular Failure (left ventricle fails to contract forcefully): 3 people, 15.79%
What are the existing conditions these people have? *
- Depression: 4 people, 21.05%
- Motor Neurone Disease (a rare condition where parts of the nervous system become damaged, causing progressive weakness): 3 people, 15.79%
- Insomnia (sleeplessness): 3 people, 15.79%
- Pain: 2 people, 10.53%
- High Blood Pressure: 2 people, 10.53%
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy (wasting of spinal muscles): 1 person, 5.26%
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder (excessive, uncontrollable, unexplained and often irrational worry): 1 person, 5.26%
- Essential Hypertension (primary hypertension): 1 person, 5.26%
- Diabetes: 1 person, 5.26%
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
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Related studies:
Effectiveness of, long term effects of, and alternative drugs to Rilutek:
- Rilutek (1,083 reports)
Arrhythmias treatments and more:
- Arrhythmias (177,908 reports)
How severe was Arrhythmias and when was it recovered:
Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of riluzole:
- Arrhythmias and drugs with ingredients of riluzole (36 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 Rilutek:
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 Arrhythmias:
- Arrhythmias (2,757 drugs)
Browse all the conditions that are associated with Arrhythmias:
- Arrhythmias (4,838 conditions)
How the study uses the data?
The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on riluzole (the active ingredients of Rilutek) and Rilutek (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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