Mepergan vs. Gralise: side effect and effectiveness comparison (a real world drug study)
Summary:
We compare the side effects and drug effectiveness of Mepergan and Gralise. The phase IV clinical study is created by eHealthMe based on reports (from sources including the FDA) of 427,446 people who take Mepergan and Gralise, and is updated regularly.
What is Mepergan?
Mepergan has active ingredients of meperidine hydrochloride; promethazine hydrochloride. It is often used in pain. eHealthMe is studying from 211 Mepergan users. Check the latest studies of Mepergan.
What is Gralise?
Gralise has active ingredients of gabapentin. It is often used in neuralgia. eHealthMe is studying from 4,282 Gralise users. Check the latest studies of Gralise.
427,446 people who take Mepergan and Gralise are studied.
Drugs being compared in this study:
- Gralise (gabapentin)
- Mepergan (meperidine hydrochloride; promethazine hydrochloride)
Most common side effects of the drugs, overall:
Most common side effects of the drugs, in long term (1+ years) use:
Drug effectiveness:
Mepergan:
- not at all: 0 %
- somewhat: 33.33 %
- moderate: 66.67 %
- high: 0 %
- very high: 0 %
Gralise:
- not at all: 6.02 %
- somewhat: 28.99 %
- moderate: 35.98 %
- high: 21.37 %
- very high: 7.64 %
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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.
Related publications that referenced our studies
- de Landaluce, L. O., Carbonell, P., Asensio, C., Escoda, N., López, P., & Laporte, J. R. , "Gabapentin and Pregabalin and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation in the Elderly: A Population-Based Cohort Study in an Electronic Prescription Database", Drug safety, 2018 Jan .
- Scarff JR, "The Potential for Somnambulism Associated with Gabapentin", The Internet Journal of Psychiatry, 2014 Jan .
- de Landaluce, L. O., Carbonell, P., Asensio, C., Escoda, N., López, P., & Laporte, J. R. , "Gabapentin and Pregabalin and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation in the Elderly: A Population-Based Cohort Study in an Electronic Prescription Database", Drug safety, 2018 Jan .
- Scarff JR, "The Potential for Somnambulism Associated with Gabapentin", The Internet Journal of Psychiatry, 2014 Jan .
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Browse all side effects of Mepergan:
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 side effects of Gralise:
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 zHow the study uses the data?
The study is based on meperidine hydrochloride; promethazine hydrochloride and gabapentin (the active ingredients of Mepergan and Gralise, respectively). Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs or brand names) are also considered. Dosage of drugs is not considered in the study.
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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