Valtrex vs. Lyrica: side effect and effectiveness comparison (a real world drug study)
Summary:
We compare the side effects and drug effectiveness of Valtrex and Lyrica. The phase IV clinical study is created by eHealthMe based on reports (from sources including the FDA) of 408,599 people who take Valtrex and Lyrica, and is updated regularly.
What is Valtrex?
Valtrex has active ingredients of valacyclovir hydrochloride. It is often used in genital herpes. eHealthMe is studying from 40,000 Valtrex users. Check the latest studies of Valtrex.
What is Lyrica?
Lyrica has active ingredients of pregabalin. It is often used in fibromyalgia. eHealthMe is studying from 261,646 Lyrica users. Check the latest studies of Lyrica.
eHealthMe: drug outcomes in the real world
eHealthMe runs one of the largest post-marketing drug safety studies in the world. We study millions of patients and 5,000 more each day. Our data-driven phase IV clinical trials have been referenced on 800+ peer-reviewed medical publications including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature. Tools to study our phase IV findings are available to the public, anonymous and free >>>.
408,599 people who take Valtrex and Lyrica are studied.
Drugs being compared in this study:
- Valtrex (valacyclovir hydrochloride)
- Lyrica (pregabalin)
Most common side effects of the drugs, overall:
Most common side effects of the drugs, in long term (1+ years) use:
Drug effectiveness:
Valtrex:
- not at all: 1.45 %
- somewhat: 11.2 %
- moderate: 20.3 %
- high: 40.23 %
- very high: 26.82 %
Lyrica:
- not at all: 5.74 %
- somewhat: 27.13 %
- moderate: 36.1 %
- high: 23.97 %
- very high: 7.05 %
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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 .
- Bonnet U, Taazimi B, Grabbe HD, "Pregabalin-Related Hypertriglyceridemia", Psychosomatics, 2014 Nov .
- 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 .
- Bonnet U, Taazimi B, Grabbe HD, "Pregabalin-Related Hypertriglyceridemia", Psychosomatics, 2014 Nov .
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Browse all side effects of Valtrex:
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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 valacyclovir hydrochloride and pregabalin (the active ingredients of Valtrex and Lyrica, 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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