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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.
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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.
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By hipgrandmapat in fdb.rxlist.com on August 19, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Just started treatment so too early to say”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Cold sweat, Pain, Hot flush
Posted By newjourney09 in fdb.rxlist.com on February 18, 2013 @ 12:00 am
“Hot and cold sweats, back spazams and pain,overall very dissatified. sande santiago”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Vomiting, Depression
Posted By Anonymous in drugs.com on November 1, 2012 @ 12:00 am
“Even though I was told this was well tolerated, I was miserable with nausea and vomiting.”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Drug tolerance increased
Posted By Anonymous in everydayhealth.com on October 27, 2012 @ 12:00 am
“... I have 4th st metastatic beast cancer to my bones and lungs. Gemzar shrunk the lung tumors 50%. I still hate the chemo and the side effects. It's only a matter of time before Gemazar stops working....”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Sinusitis, Influenza like illness
Posted By Anonymous in drugs.com on August 9, 2012 @ 12:00 am
“... for GEMZAR, and I ultimately had 54 infusions over 2-and-a-half years, with a one-year gap. The side effects were minimal in my case (most frequent: flu-like symptoms, mild infections), and I was able...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in fdb.rxlist.com on April 21, 2012 @ 12:00 am
“First time with this drug. Used in combination with carbo & test drug. Standard side effects but not bad. Better than expected tumor reduction after first scan.”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in everydayhealth.com on April 5, 2009 @ 12:00 am
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Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in fdb.rxlist.com on February 28, 2009 @ 12:00 am
“Worked when Doxil failed. It halted the progression of my grandmother's platinum resistant disease.”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Renal failure, Thrombotic microangiopathy
Posted By Anonymous in everydayhealth.com on December 18, 2008 @ 12:00 am
“as a result, i have had a kidney failure. The gemcitabine caused me to get a rare desease called ttp and tma (thrombotic microangiopathy. I had to be hospitalize for one month with dyalisis and plasma...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Renal failure, Thrombotic microangiopathy
Posted By Anonymous in everydayhealth.com on December 18, 2008 @ 12:00 am
“as a result, i have had a kidney failure. The gemcitabine caused me to get a rare desease called ttp and tma (thrombotic microangiopathy. I had to be hospitalize for one month with dyalisis and plasma...”
* 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 Gemcitabine Hydrochloride
Discomfort
“Very intense chemo. Made me very sick for the duration of my treatment.”
Source: Gemcitabine
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Did the author experience discomfort while taking gemcitabine?
What is this?Influenza Like Illness
“Still have 3 weeks left of treatment as of 12/03/08. Chemo is taken on Friday. Usually on Monday the side effects kick in and last till Thursday. terrible flu like symptoms , occasional headache.”
Source: Gemcitabine
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Did the author experience influenza like illness while taking gemcitabine?
What is this?Headache
“Still have 3 weeks left of treatment as of 12/03/08. Chemo is taken on Friday. Usually on Monday the side effects kick in and last till Thursday. terrible flu like symptoms, occasional headache .”
Source: Gemcitabine
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Did the author experience headache while taking gemcitabine?
What is this?