Sciatica and drugs of ingredients of simvastatin (a real world drug study)
Summary:
Sciatica is found among people who take drugs with ingredients of simvastatin, especially for people who are female, 60+ old , have been taking the drugs for 1 - 6 months. This phase IV clinical study is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 330,452 people who have side effects when taking drugs with ingredients of simvastatin from the FDA, and is updated regularly.
Drug(s) considered in the study (i.e. both brand name and generic drugs): Flolipid, Simvastatin, Zocor.
330,452 people reported to have side effects when taking drugs with ingredients of simvastatin.
Among them, 652 people (0.2%) have Sciatica
What is Sciatica?
Sciatica (a set of symptoms including pain caused by general compression or irritation of one of five spinal nerve roots of each sciatic nerve) is found to be associated with 1,143 drugs and 1,433 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Sciatica.
Number of reports submitted per year:
Time on drugs with ingredients of simvastatin when people have Sciatica *:
- < 1 month: 8.57 %
- 1 - 6 months: 31.43 %
- 6 - 12 months: 0.0 %
- 1 - 2 years: 11.43 %
- 2 - 5 years: 5.71 %
- 5 - 10 years: 25.71 %
- 10+ years: 17.14 %
Gender of people who have Sciatica when taking drugs with ingredients of simvastatin *:
- female: 66.93 %
- male: 33.07 %
Age of people who have Sciatica when taking drugs with ingredients of simvastatin *:
- 0-1: 0.21 %
- 2-9: 0.0 %
- 10-19: 0.21 %
- 20-29: 0.21 %
- 30-39: 0.8200000000000001 %
- 40-49: 7.2 %
- 50-59: 17.7 %
- 60+: 73.66 %
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 Sciatica *:
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 simvastatin. 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).
WARNING, DISCLAIMER, USE FOR PUBLICATION
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