Constipation and drugs of ingredients of digoxin (a real world drug study)
Summary:
Constipation is found among people who take drugs with ingredients of digoxin, especially for people who are female, 60+ old , have been taking the drugs for 2 - 5 years. This phase IV clinical study is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 113,365 people who have side effects when taking drugs with ingredients of digoxin from the FDA, and is updated regularly.
Drug(s) considered in the study (i.e. both brand name and generic drugs): Digoxin, Digoxin pediatric, Lanoxicaps, Lanoxin, Lanoxin pediatric.
113,365 people reported to have side effects when taking drugs with ingredients of digoxin.
Among them, 1,949 people (1.72%) have Constipation
What is Constipation?
Constipation is found to be associated with 3,002 drugs and 4,571 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Constipation.
Number of reports submitted per year:

Time on drugs with ingredients of digoxin when people have Constipation *:
- < 1 month: 18.12 %
- 1 - 6 months: 11.88 %
- 6 - 12 months: 8.75 %
- 1 - 2 years: 13.12 %
- 2 - 5 years: 20.0 %
- 5 - 10 years: 14.38 %
- 10+ years: 13.75 %
Gender of people who have Constipation when taking drugs with ingredients of digoxin *:
- female: 55.02 %
- male: 44.98 %
Age of people who have Constipation when taking drugs with ingredients of digoxin *:
- 0-1: 0.19 %
- 2-9: 0.0 %
- 10-19: 0.25 %
- 20-29: 0.6900000000000001 %
- 30-39: 1.0 %
- 40-49: 3.25 %
- 50-59: 11.01 %
- 60+: 83.61 %
Conditions people have *:
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- Pain: 187 people, 9.59%
- High Blood Pressure: 159 people, 8.16%
- Multiple Myeloma (cancer of the plasma cells): 99 people, 5.08%
- High Blood Cholesterol: 89 people, 4.57%
- Cardiac Disorder: 80 people, 4.10%
- Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (primary high blood pressure that affects the arteries in the lungs and the right side of your heart): 76 people, 3.90%
- Dyspnea (difficult or laboured breathing): 76 people, 3.90%
- Back Pain: 75 people, 3.85%
- Cardiac Failure Congestive: 70 people, 3.59%
- Breast Cancer: 67 people, 3.44%
Other drugs people take *:
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- Lasix: 432 people, 22.17%
- Coumadin: 393 people, 20.16%
- Aspirin: 329 people, 16.88%
- Furosemide: 311 people, 15.96%
- Lipitor: 261 people, 13.39%
- Lisinopril: 222 people, 11.39%
- Zocor: 181 people, 9.29%
- Coreg: 176 people, 9.03%
- Synthroid: 171 people, 8.77%
- Plavix: 168 people, 8.62%
Other side effects people have besides Constipation *:
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- Fatigue (feeling of tiredness): 534 people, 27.40%
- Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit): 476 people, 24.42%
- Weakness: 445 people, 22.83%
- Dyspnea (difficult or laboured breathing): 439 people, 22.52%
- Diarrhea: 421 people, 21.60%
- Weight Decreased: 421 people, 21.60%
- Pain: 372 people, 19.09%
- Dizziness: 370 people, 18.98%
- Back Pain: 327 people, 16.78%
- Stress And Anxiety: 296 people, 15.19%
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
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.
Related publications that referenced our studies
- Guru SR, Suresh A, Padmanabhan S, Reddy A, "A Rare Case of Digoxin Associated Gingival Overgrowth", Journal of clinical and diagnostic research: JCDR, 2017 Jan .
- Lai SW, Lin CL, Liao KF, "Digoxin use may increase the relative risk of acute pancreatitis: a population-based case–control study in Taiwan", International journal of cardiology, 2015 Feb .
- Guru SR, Suresh A, Padmanabhan S, Reddy A, "A Rare Case of Digoxin Associated Gingival Overgrowth", Journal of clinical and diagnostic research: JCDR, 2017 Jan .
- Lai SW, Lin CL, Liao KF, "Digoxin use may increase the relative risk of acute pancreatitis: a population-based case–control study in Taiwan", International journal of cardiology, 2015 Feb .
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How the study uses the data?
The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on digoxin. All drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. brand name and generic drugs) are considered. Dosage of drugs is not considered in the study.
Who is eHealthMe?
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