Examples of Adverse Effects Associated With Specific Medications
| Condition | Substance |
|---|---|
| Abortion, miscarriage or uterine hemorrhage | misoprostol (Cytotec), a labor-inducing drug (this is a case where the adverse effect has been used legally and illegally for performing abortions) |
| Addiction | many sedatives and analgesics such as diazepam, morphine, etc. |
| Birth defects | Thalidomide and Accutane |
| Bleeding of the intestine | aspirin therapy |
| Cardiovascular disease | COX-2 inhibitors (i.e. Vioxx) |
| Deafness and kidney failure | gentamicin (an antibiotic) |
| Death, following sedation | propofol (Diprivan) |
| Depression or hepatic injury | interferon |
| Diabetes | atypical antipsychotic medications (neuroleptic psychiatric drugs) |
| Diarrhea | orlistat (Xenical) |
| Erectile dysfunction | many drugs, such as antidepressants |
| Fever | vaccination (in the past, imperfectly manufactured vaccines, such as BCG and poliomyelitis, have caused the very disease they intended to fight). |
| Glaucoma | corticosteroid-based eye drops |
| Hair loss and anemia | chemotherapy against cancer, leukemia, etc. |
| Headache | spinal anesthesia |
| Hypertension | ephedrine users, which prompted FDA to remove the status of dietary supplement of ephedra extracts |
| Insomnia | stimulants, Ritalin, Adderall, etc. |
| Lactic acidosis | stavudine (Zerit, for anti-HIV therapy) or metformin (for diabetes) |
| Liver failure | paracetamol |
| Melasma and thrombosis | estrogen-containing hormonal contraception such as the combined oral contraceptive pill |
| Irreversible Peripheral neuropathy | fluoroquinolone medications |
| Rhabdomyolysis | statins (anti-cholesterol drugs) |
| Seizures | withdrawal from benzodiazepine |
| Stroke or heart attack | sildenafil (Viagra) when used with nitroglycerine; COX-2 inhibitors |
| Suicide, increased tendency | fluoxetine and other SSRI antidepressants |
| Parkinsonism | MPTP a meperidine related drug considered highly neurotoxic |
| Tardive dyskinesia | long-term use of metoclopramide and many antipsychotic medications |
| Spontaneous Tendon rupture | fluoroquinolone drugs even occurring as late as 6 months after treatment had been terminated. |
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