Drug AEs and DDIs Flashcards
P240-242 (complete)
Coronary vasospasm
Cocaine
Sumatriptan
Ergot alkaloids
Cutaneous flushing
Vancomycin Adenosine Niacin Ca channel blockers (mnemonic=VANC)
Dilated cardiomyopathy
Anthracyclines (esp doxorubicin & daunorubicin)
Torsades de pointes
Class III (sotalol) and class IA (quinidine) antiarrhythmics
Agranulocytosis
Clozapine Carbamazepine Colchicine Propylthiouracil Methimazole Dapsone (mnemonic=Agranulocytosis Could Certainly Cause Pretty Major Damage)
Aplastic anemia
Chloramphenicol Benzene NSAIDs Propylthiouracil Methimazole
Direct Coombs positive anemia
Methyldopa
Penicillin
Gray baby syndrome
Chloramphenicol
Gray-blue people (smurfs!)
Amiodarone
Hemolysis in G6PDH-deficient patients
Isoniazid (INH) Sulfonamides Primaquine Aspirin Ibuprofin Nitrofurantoin (mnemonic=Hemolysis IS PAIN)
Megaloblastic anemia
Phenytoin
Methotrexate
Sulfa drugs (mnemonic=Having a blast with PMS)
Thrombotic complications
OCPs (ex: estrogen)
Cough
ACE inhibitors (main reason for change to ARBs)
Pulmonary fibrosis
Bleomycin
Amiodarone
Busulfan
(mnemonic=It’s hard to BLAB when you have plum fibrosis)
Acute cholestatic hepatitis, jaundice
Erythromycin
Focal to massive hepatic necrosis
Halothane Amanita phalloides Valproic acid Acetaminophen (mnemonic=Liver "HAVAc)
Hepatitis
INH
Pseudomembranous colitis
Clindamycin
Ampicillin
Adrenocortical insufficiency
Glucocorticoid withdrawal (HPA suppression)