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Table 1 Medications with largest absolute differences in nausea rates between PLM data and medication label data

From: Comparison of rates of nausea side effects for prescription medications from an online patient community versus medication labels: an exploratory analysis

Medication name

PLM

Medication Label

Overall Difference

Nausea %

N

Nausea % (median)

N

Ritonavir

2.7%

75

57.4%

1755

-55%

Mycophenolate mofetil

9.7%

257

54%

896

-44%

Fluvoxamine

0%

57

39%

1295

-39%

Tacrolimus

1.9%

215

38.5%

931

-37%

Mitoxantrone

20.3%

79

55%

148

-35%

Trihexyphenidyl

5.6%

54

40%

Not reported

-34%

Fentanyl transdermal patch

8.6%

220

41%

216

-32%

Venlafaxine

6.5%

1035

37%

4857

-31%

Naltrexone

3.9%

407

29%

440

-25%

Desvenlafaxine

7.1%

197

31%

1365

-24%

  1. Values for all medications are available [see Additional file 1].