Ipf and drugs of ingredients of hydroxyurea (a real world drug study)
Summary:
Ipf is found among people who take drugs with ingredients of hydroxyurea, 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 25,825 people who have side effects when taking drugs with ingredients of hydroxyurea from the FDA, and is updated regularly.
Drug(s) considered in the study (i.e. both brand name and generic drugs): Droxia, Hydrea, Hydroxyurea, Siklos, Xromi.
25,825 people reported to have side effects when taking drugs with ingredients of hydroxyurea.
Among them, 63 people (0.24%) have Ipf
What is Ipf?
Ipf is found to be associated with 1,846 drugs and 2,253 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Ipf.
Number of reports submitted per year:

Time on drugs with ingredients of hydroxyurea when people have Ipf *:
- < 1 month: 40 %
- 1 - 6 months: 10 %
- 6 - 12 months: 10 %
- 1 - 2 years: 20 %
- 2 - 5 years: 20 %
- 5 - 10 years: 0.0 %
- 10+ years: 0.0 %
Gender of people who have Ipf when taking drugs with ingredients of hydroxyurea *:
- female: 42 %
- male: 58 %
Age of people who have Ipf when taking drugs with ingredients of hydroxyurea *:
- 0-1: 0.0 %
- 2-9: 0.0 %
- 10-19: 0.0 %
- 20-29: 0.0 %
- 30-39: 10.81 %
- 40-49: 13.51 %
- 50-59: 5.41 %
- 60+: 70.27 %
Conditions people have *:
You may use this to check any potential undetected conditions.
- Essential Thrombocythaemia (chronic blood cancer): 9 people, 14.29%
- Primary Myelofibrosis (primary disorder of the bone marrow): 8 people, 12.70%
- Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia (long lasting type of cancer that starts in the blood-forming cells of the bone marrow and invades the blood): 4 people, 6.35%
- Neoplasm Malignant (cancer tumour): 4 people, 6.35%
- Fever: 3 people, 4.76%
- High Blood Cholesterol: 3 people, 4.76%
- Crohn's Disease (a condition that causes inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract): 3 people, 4.76%
- Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (acute cancer in which the bone marrow makes abnormal myeloblasts): 3 people, 4.76%
- Pneumonia: 3 people, 4.76%
- Thrombocytopenia (decrease of platelets in blood): 2 people, 3.17%
Other drugs people take *:
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- Allopurinol: 5 people, 7.94%
- Aspirin: 5 people, 7.94%
- Paraplatin: 5 people, 7.94%
- Pegasys: 4 people, 6.35%
- Jakafi: 4 people, 6.35%
- Fluoxetine: 4 people, 6.35%
- Prozac: 4 people, 6.35%
- Flomax: 4 people, 6.35%
- Colace: 3 people, 4.76%
- Fosamax: 3 people, 4.76%
Other side effects people have besides Ipf *:
You may use this to check any potential undetected side effects.
- Pneumonia: 12 people, 19.05%
- Interstitial Lung Disease: 12 people, 19.05%
- Fever: 11 people, 17.46%
- Haemoglobin Decreased: 9 people, 14.29%
- White Blood Cell Count Increased: 7 people, 11.11%
- Atrial Fibrillation/flutter (atrial fibrillation and flutter are abnormal heart rhythms in which the atria, or upper chambers of the heart, are out of sync with the ventricles): 7 people, 11.11%
- Emphysema (chronic respiratory disease - over inflation of the air sacs (alveoli) in the lungs): 7 people, 11.11%
- Lymph Follicular Hypertrophy (an increase in the size of the lymph node follicles): 7 people, 11.11%
- Cough: 6 people, 9.52%
- Respiratory Acidosis (respiratory failure or ventilatory failure, causes the ph of blood and other bodily fluids to decrease): 6 people, 9.52%
* 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 hydroxyurea. 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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