Myopathy and drugs of ingredients of etoposide (a real world drug study)
Summary:
Myopathy is found among people who take drugs with ingredients of etoposide, especially for people who are male, 10-19 old , have been taking the drugs for 1 - 6 months. This phase IV clinical study is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 80,047 people who have side effects when taking drugs with ingredients of etoposide from the FDA, and is updated regularly.
Drug(s) considered in the study (i.e. both brand name and generic drugs): Etoposide, Toposar, Vepesid.
80,047 people reported to have side effects when taking drugs with ingredients of etoposide.
Among them, 81 people (0.1%) have Myopathy
What is Myopathy?
Myopathy (a muscular disease in which the muscle fibres do not function) is found to be associated with 820 drugs and 1,016 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Myopathy.
Number of reports submitted per year:

Time on drugs with ingredients of etoposide when people have Myopathy *:
- < 1 month: 33.33 %
- 1 - 6 months: 66.67 %
- 6 - 12 months: 0.0 %
- 1 - 2 years: 0.0 %
- 2 - 5 years: 0.0 %
- 5 - 10 years: 0.0 %
- 10+ years: 0.0 %
Gender of people who have Myopathy when taking drugs with ingredients of etoposide *:
- female: 25 %
- male: 75 %
Age of people who have Myopathy when taking drugs with ingredients of etoposide *:
- 0-1: 0.0 %
- 2-9: 5.63 %
- 10-19: 30.99 %
- 20-29: 16.9 %
- 30-39: 1.4100000000000001 %
- 40-49: 8.45 %
- 50-59: 14.08 %
- 60+: 22.54 %
Conditions people have *:
You may use this to check any potential undetected conditions.
Other drugs people take *:
You may use this to check any potential interacting drugs.
Other side effects people have besides Myopathy *:
You may use this to check any potential undetected side effects.
* 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
- Das S, Anand Ramasamy SD, Mondal S, "An unusual case of glipizide-induced proximal myopathy", Journal of pharmacology & pharmacotherapeutics, 2016 Jan .
- Das S, Anand Ramasamy SD, Mondal S, "An unusual case of glipizide-induced proximal myopathy", Journal of pharmacology & pharmacotherapeutics, 2016 Jan .
Related studies
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How the study uses the data?
The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on etoposide. 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?
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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