Death and drugs of ingredients of spironolactone (a real world drug study)
Summary:
Death is found among people who take drugs with ingredients of spironolactone, 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 163,017 people who have side effects when taking drugs with ingredients of spironolactone from the FDA, and is updated regularly.
Drug(s) considered in the study (i.e. both brand name and generic drugs): Aldactone, Carospir, Spironolactone.
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163,017 people reported to have side effects when taking drugs with ingredients of spironolactone.
Among them, 5,842 people (3.58%) died.
Number of reports submitted per year:

Time on drugs with ingredients of spironolactone when people died *:
- < 1 month: 34.17 %
- 1 - 6 months: 23.74 %
- 6 - 12 months: 14.03 %
- 1 - 2 years: 11.15 %
- 2 - 5 years: 10.79 %
- 5 - 10 years: 5.04 %
- 10+ years: 1.08 %
Gender of people who died when taking drugs with ingredients of spironolactone *:
- female: 48.33 %
- male: 51.67 %
Age of people who died when taking drugs with ingredients of spironolactone *:
- 0-1: 0.8300000000000001 %
- 2-9: 0.6000000000000001 %
- 10-19: 0.67 %
- 20-29: 0.76 %
- 30-39: 2.06 %
- 40-49: 6.75 %
- 50-59: 13.29 %
- 60+: 75.04 %
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 when they died *:
* 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 spironolactone. 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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