Review: could Tysabri cause Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy?
We study 97,534 people who have side effects while taking Tysabri from FDA and social media. Among them, 2,943 have Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. Find out below who they are, when they have Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and more.
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Tysabri (latest outcomes from 97,673 users) has active ingredients of natalizumab. It is often used in multiple sclerosis.
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (rapidly progressive neuromuscular disease caused by opportunistic infection of brain cells) (latest reports from 23,862 patients) has been reported by people with multiple sclerosis, relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, non-hodgkin's lymphoma, rheumatoid arthritis.
On Aug, 15, 2014: 97,534 people reported to have side effects when taking Tysabri. Among them, 2,943 people (3.02%) have Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy. They amount to 12.34% of all the 23,857 people who have Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy on eHealthMe.
Time on Tysabri when people have Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy * :
|< 1 month||1 - 6 months||6 - 12 months||1 - 2 years||2 - 5 years||5 - 10 years||10+ years |
|Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy||2.76%||3.48%||4.88%||15.32%||68.96%||4.56%||0.04% |
Gender of people who have Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy when taking Tysabri * :
|Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy||68.23%||31.77% |
Age of people who have Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy when taking Tysabri * :
|Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy||0.00%||0.00%||0.74%||6.41%||23.34%||37.93%||21.97%||9.62% |
Severity of Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy when taking Tysabri ** :
|least||moderate||severe||most severe |
|Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy||0.00%||0.00%||0.00%||100.00% |
How people recovered from Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy ** :
Top conditions involved for these people * :
- Multiple sclerosis (2,186 people, 74.28%)
- Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (638 people, 21.68%)
- Depression (180 people, 6.12%)
- Muscle spasticity (146 people, 4.96%)
- Fatigue (99 people, 3.36%)
Top co-used drugs for these people * :
- Baclofen (213 people, 7.24%)
- Vitamin d (146 people, 4.96%)
- Lyrica (108 people, 3.67%)
- Provigil (103 people, 3.50%)
- Zanaflex (100 people, 3.40%)
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
** Reports from social media are used.
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have been having severe back pain on lower spine right above tail bone
Linda on Jun, 9, 2014:
I reread your symptoms. It is primarily low back pain. It could be osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, possibly a slipped disc. I take back that it might be hemorrhoids as it sounds too far up. Definitely have it checked out.
Linda on Jun, 9, 2014:
Did you fall on coccyx ( tailbone ) ? I had similar symptoms and was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis, an autoimmune disease that affects the spine by coursing inflammation particularly in the sacral iliac joints which are located in your buttock. The pain can radiate to your back and mine sometimes goes to my hips, pelvis and sometimes down to my knee. I am a 52 year old female from their US. If you fell, you could have broken your coccyx, and that could take up to a year to feel better, ask your MD. Could be hemorrhoids, a polyp or mass and your rectum. You should definitely get it checked out.
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