Symbicort and Breathing difficulty - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data
Summary:
Breathing difficulty is found among people who take Symbicort, especially for people who are female, 60+ old, have been taking the drug for < 1 month.
The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people take Symbicort and have Breathing difficulty. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 97,511 people who have side effects when taking Symbicort from the FDA, and is updated regularly. You can use the study as a second opinion to make health care decisions.
Phase IV trials are used to detect adverse drug outcomes and monitor drug effectiveness in the real world. With medical big data and AI algorithms, eHealthMe is running millions of phase IV trials and makes the results available to the public. Our original studies have been referenced on 600+ medical publications including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature.
97,511 people reported to have side effects when taking Symbicort.
Among them, 20,576 people (21.1%) have Breathing difficulty.
What is Symbicort?
Symbicort has active ingredients of budesonide; formoterol fumarate dihydrate. It is often used in asthma. eHealthMe is studying from 99,537 Symbicort users for its effectiveness, alternative drugs and more.
What is Breathing difficulty?
Breathing difficulty is found to be associated with 5,084 drugs and 5,948 conditions by eHealthMe.
Number of Symbicort and Breathing difficulty reports submitted per year:

Time on Symbicort when people have Breathing difficulty *:
Gender of people who have Breathing difficulty when taking Symbicort*:
Age of people who have Breathing difficulty when taking Symbicort *:
Common drugs people take besides Symbicort *:
Common side effects people have besides Breathing difficulty *:
Common conditions people have *:
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
Do you take Symbicort and have Breathing difficulty?
Check whether Breathing difficulty is associated with a drug or a conditionHow to use the study?
You can discuss the study with your doctor, to ensure that all drug risks and benefits are fully discussed and understood.
Related studies
How severe was Breathing difficulty and when was it recovered:
Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of budesonide; formoterol fumarate dihydrate:
- Breathing difficulty and drugs with ingredients of budesonide; formoterol fumarate dihydrate (17,456 reports)
Alternative drugs to, pros and cons of Symbicort:
- Symbicort (99,537 reports)
Common Symbicort side effects:
- Breathing difficulty: 20,576 reports
- Asthma: 14,357 reports
- Cough: 9,475 reports
- Wheezing (a high-pitched whistling sound made while you breath): 7,274 reports
- Pneumonia: 7,067 reports
- Fatigue (feeling of tiredness): 6,886 reports
- Drug ineffective: 6,678 reports
- Malaise (a feeling of general discomfort or uneasiness): 6,630 reports
- Chest pain: 6,000 reports
Browse all side effects of Symbicort:
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 zBreathing difficulty treatments and more:
- Breathing difficulty (579,790 reports)
COVID vaccines that are related to Breathing difficulty:
- Breathing difficulty in Moderna COVID Vaccine
- Breathing difficulty in Pfizer BioNTech Covid Vaccine
- Breathing difficulty in Johnson and Johnson Covid Vaccine
Common drugs associated with Breathing difficulty:
- Prednisone: 37,839 reports
- Aspirin: 30,142 reports
- Spiriva: 25,479 reports
- Symbicort: 20,576 reports
- Furosemide: 19,316 reports
- Omeprazole: 18,194 reports
- Methotrexate: 17,095 reports
- Lasix: 16,702 reports
- Metformin: 16,584 reports
- Albuterol: 16,534 reports
All the drugs that are associated with Breathing difficulty:
- Breathing difficulty (5,084 drugs)
Common conditions associated with Breathing difficulty:
- Asthma: 40,041 reports
- Primary pulmonary hypertension: 34,524 reports
- High blood pressure: 26,686 reports
- Rheumatoid arthritis: 25,046 reports
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: 24,688 reports
- Pain: 15,332 reports
All the conditions that are associated with Breathing difficulty:
- Breathing difficulty (5,948 conditions)
How the study uses the data?
The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on budesonide; formoterol fumarate dihydrate (the active ingredients of Symbicort) and Symbicort (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.
Who is eHealthMe?
With medical big data and proven AI 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 600+ 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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