Rituxan and Anuria - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data
Summary:
Anuria is reported as a side effect among people who take Rituxan (rituximab), especially for people who are male, 60+ old, have been taking the drug for < 1 month also take Furosemide, and have Burkitt lymphoma.
The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people have Anuria when taking Rituxan. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 64,282 people who have side effects when taking Rituxan from the FDA, and is updated regularly.
What is Rituxan?
Rituxan has active ingredients of rituximab. It is often used in rheumatoid arthritis. eHealthMe is studying from 64,791 Rituxan users. Check the latest studies of Rituxan.
What is Anuria?
Anuria (failure of the kidneys to produce urine) is found to be associated with 858 drugs and 1,243 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Anuria.
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64,282 people reported to have side effects when taking Rituxan.
Among them, 19 people (0.03%) have Anuria.

Among these 19 people:
How long have people been on Rituxan when they have Anuria? *
- < 1 month: 100 %
- 1 - 6 months: 0.0 %
- 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 Anuria when taking Rituxan? *
- female: 47.37 %
- male: 52.63 %
What is the age of people who have Anuria when taking Rituxan? *
- 0-1: 0.0 %
- 2-9: 0.0 %
- 10-19: 0.0 %
- 20-29: 0.0 %
- 30-39: 5.56 %
- 40-49: 22.22 %
- 50-59: 5.56 %
- 60+: 66.67 %
What are other drugs people take besides Rituxan? *
- Furosemide: 5 people, 26.32%
- Dexamethasone: 4 people, 21.05%
- Maxipime: 2 people, 10.53%
- Allopurinol: 2 people, 10.53%
- Vepesid: 2 people, 10.53%
- Benadryl: 2 people, 10.53%
- Tylenol: 2 people, 10.53%
- Famotidine: 2 people, 10.53%
- Paraplatin: 2 people, 10.53%
- Prednisone: 2 people, 10.53%
What are other side effects people have besides Anuria? *
- Hypotension (abnormally low blood pressure): 13 people, 68.42%
- Fever: 11 people, 57.89%
- Blood Lactate Dehydrogenase Increased: 7 people, 36.84%
- Cardiac Failure: 5 people, 26.32%
- Blood Urea Increased: 5 people, 26.32%
- Alanine Aminotransferase Increased: 4 people, 21.05%
- Aspartate Aminotransferase Increased: 4 people, 21.05%
- Oxygen Saturation Decreased: 4 people, 21.05%
- Blood Creatinine Increased: 4 people, 21.05%
- Metabolic Acidosis (body produces too much acid, or when the kidneys are not removing enough acid from the body): 4 people, 21.05%
What are the existing conditions these people have? *
- Burkitt Lymphoma (cancer of the lymphatic system): 3 people, 15.79%
- Tumor Lysis Syndrome: 1 person, 5.26%
- Thrombocytopenia (decrease of platelets in blood): 1 person, 5.26%
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (an autoimmune disease, which means the body's immune system mistakenly, attacks healthy tissue): 1 person, 5.26%
- Nephrotic Syndrome (kidney disease with proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, and oedema): 1 person, 5.26%
- Lymphoma (cancer that begins in immune system cells): 1 person, 5.26%
- Chronic Kidney Disease: 1 person, 5.26%
- Azotaemia (excess of urea or other nitrogenous compounds in the blood): 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 Rituxan:
- Rituxan (64,791 reports)
Anuria treatments and more:
- Anuria (12,770 reports)
How severe was Anuria and when was it recovered:
Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of rituximab:
- Anuria and drugs with ingredients of rituximab (86 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 Rituxan:
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 Anuria:
- Anuria (858 drugs)
Browse all the conditions that are associated with Anuria:
- Anuria (1,243 conditions)
How the study uses the data?
The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on rituximab (the active ingredients of Rituxan) and Rituxan (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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