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Melphalan Hydrochloride
Identifier
019506
Type of Spiritual Experience
Number of hallucinations: 11
Background
A description of the experience
Melphalan (trade name Alkeran, in former USSR also known as Sarcolysin) is a chemotherapy drug belonging to the class of nitrogen mustard alkylating agents.
Side effects
Common side effects include:
- Nausea and vomiting, and oral ulceration.
- Bone marrow suppression, including
- Decreased white blood cell count causing increased risk of infection
- Decreased platelet count causing increased risk of bleeding
Less common side effects include:
- Severe allergic reactions
- Pulmonary fibrosis (scarring of lung tissue) including fatal outcomes (usually only with prolonged use)
- Hair loss
- Interstitial pneumonitis
- Rash
- Itching
- Irreversible bone marrow failure due to melphalan not being withdrawn early enough.
- Cardiac arrest.
On Jan, 6, 2016: 3,911 people reported to have side effects when taking Melphalan hydrochloride. Among them, 11 people (0.28%) have Hallucination.
Time on Melphalan hydrochloride when people have Hallucination :
| < 1 month | 1 - 6 months | 6 - 12 months | 1 - 2 years | 2 - 5 years | 5 - 10 years | 10+ years | |
| Hallucination | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
On Jan, 6, 2016: 3,911 people reported to have side effects when taking Melphalan hydrochloride. Among them, 203 people (5.19%) have Death.
Time on Melphalan hydrochloride when people have Death :
| < 1 month | 1 - 6 months | 6 - 12 months | 1 - 2 years | 2 - 5 years | 5 - 10 years | 10+ years | |
| Death | 57.58% | 36.36% | 3.03% | 3.03% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |