Retching and drugs of ingredients of vigabatrin (a real world drug study)
Summary:
Retching is found among people who take drugs with ingredients of vigabatrin, especially for people who are female, 2-9 old , have been taking the drugs for < 1 month. This phase IV clinical study is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 16,350 people who have side effects when taking drugs with ingredients of vigabatrin from the FDA, and is updated regularly.
Drug(s) considered in the study (i.e. both brand name and generic drugs): Sabril, Vigabatrin, Vigadrone, Vigpoder.
16,350 people reported to have side effects when taking drugs with ingredients of vigabatrin.
Among them, 21 people (0.13%) have Retching
What is Retching?
Retching (strong involuntary effort to vomit) is found to be associated with 1,236 drugs and 1,248 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Retching.
Number of reports submitted per year:

Time on drugs with ingredients of vigabatrin when people have Retching *:
- < 1 month: 50 %
- 1 - 6 months: 0.0 %
- 6 - 12 months: 0.0 %
- 1 - 2 years: 0.0 %
- 2 - 5 years: 50 %
- 5 - 10 years: 0.0 %
- 10+ years: 0.0 %
Gender of people who have Retching when taking drugs with ingredients of vigabatrin *:
- female: 52.94 %
- male: 47.06 %
Age of people who have Retching when taking drugs with ingredients of vigabatrin *:
- 0-1: 25 %
- 2-9: 50 %
- 10-19: 0.0 %
- 20-29: 0.0 %
- 30-39: 25 %
- 40-49: 0.0 %
- 50-59: 0.0 %
- 60+: 0.0 %
Conditions people have *:
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- Epilepsy (common and diverse set of chronic neurological disorders characterized by seizures): 7 people, 33.33%
- Infantile Spasms: 6 people, 28.57%
- Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (epilepsy characterized by frequent seizures and different seizure types): 3 people, 14.29%
- Tuberous Sclerosis (a rare genetic disease that causes benign tumours to grow in the brain and other organs): 2 people, 9.52%
- Status Epilepticus (a life-threatening condition in which the brain is in a state of persistent seizure): 2 people, 9.52%
- Simple Partial Seizures (seizures which affect only a small region of the brain): 2 people, 9.52%
- Seizures (abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain): 2 people, 9.52%
- Partial Seizures (seizures which affect only a part of the brain at onset): 1 person, 4.76%
- Complex Partial Seizures (epileptic seizure): 1 person, 4.76%
Other drugs people take *:
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- Topamax: 5 people, 23.81%
- Keppra: 5 people, 23.81%
- Onfi: 4 people, 19.05%
- Afinitor: 2 people, 9.52%
- Selenium: 2 people, 9.52%
- Lysine: 2 people, 9.52%
- Melatonin: 2 people, 9.52%
- Diacomit: 2 people, 9.52%
- Epidiolex: 2 people, 9.52%
- Carafate: 2 people, 9.52%
Other side effects people have besides Retching *:
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- Nausea And Vomiting: 8 people, 38.10%
- Appetite - Decreased (decreased appetite occurs when you have a reduced desire to eat): 6 people, 28.57%
- Fatigue (feeling of tiredness): 4 people, 19.05%
- Seizures (abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain): 3 people, 14.29%
- Drug Ineffective: 3 people, 14.29%
- Drowsiness: 3 people, 14.29%
- Convulsion (muscles contract and relax rapidly and repeatedly, resulting in an uncontrolled shaking of the body): 2 people, 9.52%
- Depressed Mood: 2 people, 9.52%
- Insomnia (sleeplessness): 2 people, 9.52%
- Drug Withdrawal Convulsions: 2 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 vigabatrin. 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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