Cachexia and drugs of ingredients of gabapentin (a real world drug study)
Summary:
Cachexia is found among people who take drugs with ingredients of gabapentin, especially for people who are male, 60+ old , have been taking the drugs for < 1 month. This phase IV clinical study is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 415,239 people who have side effects when taking drugs with ingredients of gabapentin from the FDA, and is updated regularly.
Drug(s) considered in the study (i.e. both brand name and generic drugs): Gabapentin, Gralise, Neurontin.
415,239 people reported to have side effects when taking drugs with ingredients of gabapentin.
Among them, 158 people (0.04%) have Cachexia
What is Cachexia?
Cachexia (loss of weight) is found to be associated with 717 drugs and 1,194 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Cachexia.
Number of reports submitted per year:

Time on drugs with ingredients of gabapentin when people have Cachexia *:
- < 1 month: 92.86 %
- 1 - 6 months: 7.14 %
- 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 Cachexia when taking drugs with ingredients of gabapentin *:
- female: 45.89 %
- male: 54.11 %
Age of people who have Cachexia when taking drugs with ingredients of gabapentin *:
- 0-1: 0.0 %
- 2-9: 0.0 %
- 10-19: 10.17 %
- 20-29: 0.0 %
- 30-39: 1.69 %
- 40-49: 17.8 %
- 50-59: 16.1 %
- 60+: 54.24 %
Conditions people have *:
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- Hair Loss: 16 people, 10.13%
- Depression: 13 people, 8.23%
- Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (a stage of ms which comes after relapsing remitting ms in many cases): 12 people, 7.59%
- Ulcerative Colitis (inflammatory bowel disease (ibd). it causes swelling, ulcerations, and loss of function of the large intestine): 9 people, 5.70%
- Indigestion: 9 people, 5.70%
- Fatigue (feeling of tiredness): 8 people, 5.06%
- Facial Pain: 8 people, 5.06%
- Deep Venous Thrombosis (blood clot in a major vein that usually develops in the legs and/or pelvis): 8 people, 5.06%
- Convulsion (muscles contract and relax rapidly and repeatedly, resulting in an uncontrolled shaking of the body): 7 people, 4.43%
- Neoplasm Malignant (cancer tumour): 4 people, 2.53%
Other drugs people take *:
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- Lovenox: 35 people, 22.15%
- Lasix: 31 people, 19.62%
- Vicodin: 30 people, 18.99%
- Zometa: 25 people, 15.82%
- Prevacid: 23 people, 14.56%
- Levaquin: 22 people, 13.92%
- Baclofen: 20 people, 12.66%
- Oxycontin: 19 people, 12.03%
- Colace: 16 people, 10.13%
- Digoxin: 16 people, 10.13%
Other side effects people have besides Cachexia *:
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- Weakness: 100 people, 63.29%
- Fatigue (feeling of tiredness): 67 people, 42.41%
- Fall: 60 people, 37.97%
- Dyspnea (difficult or laboured breathing): 51 people, 32.28%
- Anaemia (lack of blood): 47 people, 29.75%
- Malnutrition (a condition that results from eating a diet in which certain nutrients are lacking): 47 people, 29.75%
- Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit): 44 people, 27.85%
- Weight Decreased: 42 people, 26.58%
- Infection: 42 people, 26.58%
- Pneumonia: 42 people, 26.58%
* 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
- 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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How the study uses the data?
The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on gabapentin. 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.
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