Hypoventilation and drugs of ingredients of famotidine (a real world drug study)
Summary:
Hypoventilation is found among people who take drugs with ingredients of famotidine, especially for people who are female, 60+ old , have been taking the drugs for < 1 month. This phase IV clinical study is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 134,284 people who have side effects when taking drugs with ingredients of famotidine from the FDA, and is updated regularly.
Drug(s) considered in the study (i.e. both brand name and generic drugs): Famotidine, Famotidine preservative free, Famotidine preservative free in plastic container, Fluxid, Pepcid, Pepcid ac, Pepcid preservative free, Pepcid preservative free in plastic container, Pepcid rpd.
134,284 people reported to have side effects when taking drugs with ingredients of famotidine.
Among them, 69 people (0.05%) have Hypoventilation
What is Hypoventilation?
Hypoventilation (too shallow or too slow breathing, which does not meet the needs of the body) is found to be associated with 545 drugs and 631 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Hypoventilation.
Number of reports submitted per year:

Time on drugs with ingredients of famotidine when people have Hypoventilation *:
- < 1 month: 100 %
- 1 - 6 months: 0.0 %
- 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 Hypoventilation when taking drugs with ingredients of famotidine *:
- female: 70.77 %
- male: 29.23 %
Age of people who have Hypoventilation when taking drugs with ingredients of famotidine *:
- 0-1: 1.56 %
- 2-9: 0.0 %
- 10-19: 3.12 %
- 20-29: 6.25 %
- 30-39: 6.25 %
- 40-49: 6.25 %
- 50-59: 17.19 %
- 60+: 59.38 %
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 Hypoventilation *:
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.
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How the study uses the data?
The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on famotidine. 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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