Corticotropin
Active Ingredients
- Corticotropin
Manufacturers
- Homeolab Usa Inc.
- Mallinckrodt Ard Inc
- Organics Lagrange Inc
- Organon Usa Inc
- Parkedale Pharmaceuticals Inc
This report is for all products sharing this active ingredient. For more details, please use our Workbench for research on individual brands like H.p. Acthar.
Explanation
The quarterly trend chart illustrates changing levels of adverse events over time. Results from both the FDA Adverse Event Database (FAERS) and adverse events extracted from social media by Druginformer are plotted side-by-side for easy comparison.
The proportion of people completing user reviews who complained about a side effect.
The proportion of social media adverse event complaints for each adverse event type.
The proportion of FAERS (FDA) adverse event complaints for each adverse event type.
Corticotropin Side Effects
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Overall Alarm |
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Alarm | Reports | % of Reports |
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* DrugInformer calculates alarm using a proprietary algorithm. Alarm should not be taken as an ofiicial signal from the FDA or other regulatory entity.
Tell us about your Experience with Corticotropin
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in drugs.com on January 14, 2014 @ 12:00 am
“This is my first experience with Acthar Gel for an exerbation of Multiple Sclerorsis (I am allergic to steroids) and I will rate my experience as a 10! I feel like " myself"....which had truly been lo...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By gigihabte@yahoo.com in fdb.rxlist.com on June 11, 2013 @ 12:00 am
“With in 12 hours of use the first shot of Acthar I able to get up from my seat where it was very hard to do...Thank God for the Acthar performance...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Blood glucose increased, Condition aggravated
Posted By Anonymous in drugs.com on May 25, 2013 @ 12:00 am
“... up after a year of relapse. The initial results were great, but the episode returned in less than two weeks after the treatment ended. Worse side effect was a huge increase in blood sugar. The cost...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Abdominal discomfort, Insomnia
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on October 21, 2012 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: No real side effects except insomnia night of injection and mild stomach upset. I love this medicine it gives me energy and I am starting to feel better everyday”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Nausea
Posted By Anonymous in fdb.rxlist.com on August 31, 2012 @ 12:00 am
“I was having an MS episode & did not want to take the 3 day steroid infusion because of the thrush side effect so the dr put me on acthar 5 injections for 5 days. The first injection was not fun, I ...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in everydayhealth.com on July 31, 2012 @ 12:00 am
“I've used ACTH for well over 2 decades now I cannot use the S-M drug as I am highly allergic to it, I use this for MS relapses. As those who live with MS know it has various levels. You could be in on...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in www.everydayhealth.com on May 14, 2012 @ 12:00 am
“eassy to take andI felt better just in a few days”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in fdb.rxlist.com on May 14, 2012 @ 12:00 am
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Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Hypersensitivity, Condition aggravated, Discomfort, Adverse drug reaction
Posted By Christin in CO in drugs.com on February 23, 2012 @ 12:00 am
“Acthar (corticotropin): I've used this twice for a flare up as it was thought that I was allergic to steroids. This medication is a gel, injected. Its about a 2 week course (2 vials) and slowly stimu...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Condition aggravated, Discomfort, Adverse drug reaction
Posted By Anonymous in drugs.com on February 23, 2012 @ 12:00 am
“I've used this twice for a flare up as it was thought that I was allergic to steroids. This medication is a gel, injected. Its about a 2 week course (2 vials) and slowly stimulates your own steroids ...”
Additional Drug Information
* Warning: The facts and figures contained in these reports are accurate to the best of our capability; however, our metrics are only meant to augment your medical knowledge, and should never be used as the sole basis for selecting a new medication. As with any medical decision, be sure to work with your doctor to ensure the best choices are made for your condition.
* About FAERS: The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) is used by FDA for activities such as looking for new safety concerns that might be related to a marketed product, evaluating a manufacturer's compliance to reporting regulations and responding to outside requests for information. Reporting of adverse events is a voluntary process, and not every report is sent to FDA and entered into FAERS. The FAERS database may contain duplicate reports, the report quality is variable, and many factors may influence reporting (e.g., media attention, length of time a drug is marketed, market share). For these reasons, FAERS case reports cannot be used to calculate incidence or estimates of risk for a particular product or compare risks between products.
User Voices
The following are comments from users that experienced side effects while taking Corticotropin
Blood Glucose Increased
“... up after a year of relapse. The initial results were great, but the episode returned in less than two weeks after the treatment ended. Worse side effect was a huge increase in blood sugar . The cost...”
Source: comments/corticotropin/for-multiple-sc...
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Did the author experience blood glucose increased while taking corticotropin?
What is this?Condition Aggravated
“I am allergic to steroids and we used this once in my first flare up after a year of relapse. The initial results were great, but the episode returned in less than two weeks after the treatment ended...”
Source: comments/corticotropin/for-multiple-sc...
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Did the author experience condition aggravated while taking corticotropin?
What is this?Abdominal Discomfort
“Side Effects: No real side effects except insomnia night of injection and mild stomach upset .
I love this medicine it gives me energy and I am starting to feel better everyday”
Source: viewrating.asp
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Did the author experience abdominal discomfort while taking acthar?
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