Ribavirin and influenza like illness Patient Reports February 11, 2012



Ribavirin Side Effects Report #5538386-7
Ribavirin side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on Nov 26, 2007. Female patient, 57 years of age, weighting 150.0 lb, was diagnosed with hepatitis c What is  hepatitis c and was treated with Ribavirin. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: cataract operation, cholecystectomy, complex regional pain syndrome What is  complex regional pain syndrome, dehydration, diabetes mellitus, fatigue, gastric polyps, influenza like illness, malaise. Ribavirin dosage: unknown. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.

Ribavirin Side Effects Report #5815931-5
Ribavirin side effect was reported by a Health Professional from UNITED STATES on July 16, 2008. Male patient, 57 years of age, was diagnosed with hepatitis c What is  hepatitis c and was treated with Ribavirin. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: atrial fibrillation What is  atrial fibrillation, fatigue, influenza like illness. Ribavirin dosage: 600 MG BID PO. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.

Ribavirin Side Effects Report #5372570-0
Ribavirin side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on June 16, 2007. Female patient, 55 years of age, weighting 200.0 lb, was diagnosed with hepatitis c What is  hepatitis c and was treated with Ribavirin. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: dehydration, depression What is  depression, influenza like illness, nausea What is  nausea, oral intake reduced, weight decreased. Ribavirin dosage: unknown. Patient recovered.

Ribavirin Side Effects Report #5053718-4
Ribavirin side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on July 06, 2006. Female patient, 55 years of age, was diagnosed with hepatitis c What is  hepatitis c and was treated with Ribavirin. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: blood creatinine increased, influenza like illness. Ribavirin dosage: unknown. During the same period patient was treated with INTERFERON ALFACON. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.


Ribavirin Side Effects Report #5064754-6
Ribavirin side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on July 06, 2006. Female patient, 55 years of age, was diagnosed with hepatitis c What is  hepatitis c and was treated with Ribavirin. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: blood creatinine increased, influenza like illness. Ribavirin dosage: unknown. During the same period patient was treated with INTERFERON ALFACON. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.

Ribavirin Side Effects Report #5525126-0
Ribavirin side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on Nov 10, 2007. Male patient, 53 years of age, was diagnosed with hepatitis c What is  hepatitis c and was treated with Ribavirin. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: dehydration, diarrhoea, headache What is  headache, influenza like illness, pain What is  pain, treatment noncompliance, viral load increased. Ribavirin dosage: unknown. During the same period patient was treated with PEGASYS. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.

Ribavirin Side Effects Report #5755695-7
Ribavirin side effect was reported by a Pharmacist from UNITED STATES on May 30, 2008. Male patient, 51 years of age, weighting 154.3 lb, was diagnosed with hepatitis c What is  hepatitis c, hiv infection What is  hiv infection and was treated with Ribavirin. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: anaemia, gastric haemorrhage, haemolytic anaemia, headache What is  headache, hemicephalalgia, influenza like illness, vision blurred. Ribavirin dosage: 600 MG BID PO. During the same period patient was treated with LAMIVUDINE AND ZIDOVUDINE. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.

Ribavirin Side Effects Report #5053002-9
Ribavirin side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on July 03, 2006. Female patient, 47 years of age, was diagnosed with hepatitis c What is  hepatitis c and was treated with Ribavirin. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: chills, ill-defined disorder, influenza like illness. Ribavirin dosage: unknown. During the same period patient was treated with PEGASYS. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.

Ribavirin Side Effects Report #5333564-4
Ribavirin side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on May 15, 2007. Male patient, 46 years of age, weighting 178.0 lb, was diagnosed with hepatitis c What is  hepatitis c and was treated with Ribavirin. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: aggression, anger, anxiety What is  anxiety, arthralgia, fatigue, influenza like illness, irritability, red blood cell count decreased. Ribavirin dosage: 1000 MG; QD; PO. During the same period patient was treated with PEGASYS. Patient recovered.


Ribavirin Side Effects Report #5191589-6
Ribavirin side effect was reported by a Physician from CANADA on Dec 07, 2006. Male patient, 44 years of age, was diagnosed with hepatitis c What is  hepatitis c and was treated with Ribavirin. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: colitis ischaemic, fatigue, haemorrhoids, influenza like illness, insomnia, leukopenia, normochromic normocytic anaemia, rectal haemorrhage, thrombocytopenia. Ribavirin dosage: 500 MG, BID,. During the same period patient was treated with PEGASYS. Patient recovered.

Ribavirin Side Effects Report #5316311-1
Ribavirin side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on Apr 20, 2007. Female patient was diagnosed with hepatitis c What is  hepatitis c and was treated with Ribavirin. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: constipation What is  constipation, dehydration, influenza like illness, malaise, nausea What is  nausea, sputum discoloured. Ribavirin dosage: unknown. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.

Ribavirin Side Effects Report #5712106-5
Ribavirin side effect was reported by a Health Professional from UNITED STATES on Feb 26, 2008. Male patient, weighting 178.0 lb, was diagnosed with hepatitis c What is  hepatitis c and was treated with Ribavirin. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: encephalitis What is  encephalitis, hypersomnia, influenza like illness, meningitis What is  meningitis. Ribavirin dosage: (1000 MG. During the same period patient was treated with INFERGEN, ENULOSE, LASIX, VITAMIN CAP, ASCORBIC ACID, VITAMIN E. Patient was hospitalized. Patient died on 11/24/2007.

Ribavirin Side Effects Report #6082320-0
Ribavirin side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on Jan 18, 2008. Male patient, 39 years of age, was diagnosed with chronic hepatitis and was treated with Ribavirin. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: abdominal pain What is  abdominal pain, depressed mood, dystonia What is  dystonia, fatigue, influenza like illness, malaise, mania, nausea What is  nausea, tearfulness. Ribavirin dosage: unknown. During the same period patient was treated with INTRON A, FLUOXETINE, ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.

Ribavirin Side Effects Report #5401530-6
Ribavirin side effect was reported by a Physician from BELGIUM on July 19, 2007. Female patient, 49 years of age, was treated with Ribavirin. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: alanine aminotransferase increased, anorexia, arthralgia, aspartate aminotransferase increased, gamma-glutamyltransferase increased, influenza like illness, myalgia, pyrexia, somatic delusion. Ribavirin dosage: unknown. Patient recovered.


Ribavirin Side Effects Report #5811819-4
Ribavirin side effect was reported by a Health Professional from UNITED STATES on July 15, 2008. Female patient was treated with Ribavirin. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: headache What is  headache, influenza like illness, optic nerve disorder, pyrexia, rash What is  rash, retinal disorder What is  retinal disorder. Ribavirin dosage: 200 MG 2 TABS AM + 2 PM PO. During the same period patient was treated with PEGASYS. Patient recovered.
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