Table 4.
Textual patterns to identify drug-repurposing candidates.
| Pattern | Count | Example drugs and commentsa |
| I use * for | 307 | Methadone: I use this for diabetic neuopathy. works well with very little side effects. |
| Percocet: I use this for M.S. pain | ||
| Percocet: I use this med for peripheral neuropathy pain. | ||
| I use it for | 42 | Cymbalta: My use of Cymbalta is two fold. I use it for depression and fibromyalgia pain. |
| Spironolactone: I use it for acne. Go figure it works | ||
| Promethazine: I use it for gastroparesis. I also use it for sleep 4 or 5 times a month | ||
| It helps with | 131 | Nucynta: It helps with my pain from surgery |
| Percocet: it helps with my back pain, better then any drug | ||
| Klonopin: I like this medication it helps with my anxiety. | ||
| It help with | 11 | OxyContin: it help with muscle spasms |
| Neurontin: i had drop foot and much pain. it help with the pain along with the 3 epidurals i receiveed in my spine. | ||
| Cymbalta: i started this medication years ago. not only did it help my depression, it help with my auto immune, muscle and nerve pain. | ||
| I take it | 1,161 | Nucynta: I take it for severe headache and neck pain from arthritis, bulging disks, and bone spur in my neck (cervical spine) |
| Methadone: I take it for chronic pain it helps a lot | ||
| Flexeril: I take it for muscle spasms related to fibromyalgia. | ||
| I take it for | 91 | Methadone: I take it for chronic pain it helps a lot |
| Methadone: I take it for degenertive disk deteration in my neck. | ||
| Hydrocodone-acetaminophen: i take it for my scholiosis of my back | ||
| It works for | 258 | Methocarbamol: It works for my muscle tension, but gives me a headache. |
| Diazepam: it works for my pain weal good | ||
| Tramadol: It works for my Arthritis Pain. | ||
| It is useful for | 0 | … |
| Useful for | 18 | Methadone: very useful for chronic and severe pain associated with fibromyalgia/rheumatoid arthritis. |
| Effexor: I have been reading the reviews of this med. I have been using it for 1.5 yrs and has been very useful for my depression. | ||
| Ultram: this med has been very useful for my hip and back pain. | ||
| Prescribed for | 319 | Percocet: I was prescribed for kidney stones. definately took the pain away and very high. |
| Zoloft: I feel like the antidepressant is used in conjunction with my cymbalta which I am prescribed for both depression and fibromayalgia. | ||
| Celebrex: I was prescribed for knee pain following surgery for torn muniscus. |
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