Adverse Effects

Question 1

Penicillin G

Answer 1

nausea, diarrhea, vomiting are most common. Anaphylaxis is not very common, but potential

Question 2

Cefazolin

Answer 2

same as penicillin + nephrotoxicity, pseudomembranous colitis, superinfections are common

Question 3

gentamicin

Answer 3

RASH, fatigue, LETHARGY are common. Neurotoxicity, neuromuscular blockage, and nephrotoxicity (more toxic than other classes)

Question 4

erythromycin

Answer 4

nausea, ABDOMINA LCRAMPING, LOSS OF APETITE, vomiting, PHOTOSENSITIVTY and decreased hepatic metabolism (rarely drug of choice due to many drug interactions)

Question 5

Tetracycline

Answer 5

superinfections are very common and sore tongue. Increased intracranial pressure

Question 6

Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole

Answer 6

headache skin rash, fever, suppression of bone marrow cell division, stevens-johnson syndrome, hepatic necrosis

Question 7

Levofloxacin

Answer 7

changes in taste, sleep disorders, dysrhythmias, change in glucose levels, tendon rupture

Question 8

isoniazid

Answer 8

breast tenderness and enlargement, sore throat, difficulty concentrating, loss of appetite, increased BP, hepatoxicity, peripheral neuropathy

Question 9

rifampin

Answer 9

urine retention, reddish-orange secretions, liver toxicity

Question 10

ethambutol

Answer 10

increased uric acid (shouldn’t take with gout) optic neuritis

Question 11

amphotericin B

Answer 11

shake and bake (take Benadryl and Tylenol before), decreased red blood cells, increased fluids