Drug reactions Flashcards
Adrenocortical insufficiency
HPA suppression secondary to glucocorticoid withdrawal
Hot flashes
- Tamoxifen
- Clomiphene
Hyperglycemia
- Tacrolimus
- Protease inhibitors
- Niacin
- HCTZ
- Corticosteroids
“Taking Pills Necessitates Having blood Checked”
Hypothyroidism
- Lithium
- Amiodarone
- Sulfonamides
Acute cholestatic hepatitis, jaundice
Erythromycin
Diarrhea
- Acamprosate
- Acarbose
- Cholinesterase inhibitors
- Colchicine
- Erythromycin
- Ezetimibe
- Metformin
- Misoprostol
- Orlistat
- Pramlintide
- Quinidine
- SSRIs
Focal to massive hepatic necrosis
- Halothane
- Amanita phalloides (death cap mushroom)
- Valproic acid
- Acetaminophen
Liver “HAVAc”
Hepatitis
- Rifampin
- Isoniazid
- Pyrazinamide
- Statins
- Fibrates
Pancreatitis
- Didanosine
- Corticosteroids
- Alcohol
- Valproic acid
- Azathioprine
- Diuretics (furosemide, HCTZ
“Drugs Causing A Violent Abdominal Distress”
Pill-induced esophagitis
- Tetracyclines
- Bisphosphonates
- Potassium chloride
Caustic effect minimized with upright posture and adequate water ingestion
Pseudomembrarnous colitis
- Clindamycin
- Ampicillin
- Cephalosporins
Antibiotics predispose to superinfection by resistant C difficile
Agranulocytosis
- Clozapine
- Carbamazepine
- Propylthiouracil
- Methicmazole
- Colchicine
- Ganciclovir
“Can Cause Pretty Major Collapse of Granulocytes”
Aplastic anemia
- Carbamazepine
- Methimazole
- NSAIDs
- Benzene
- Chloramphenicol
- Propylthiouracil
“Can’t Make New Blood Cells Properly”
Direct Coombs-positive hemolytic anemia
- Methyldopa
- Penicillin
Gray baby syndrome
Chloramphenicol
Hemolysis in G6PD deficiency
- Isoniazid
- Sulfonamides
- Dapsone
- Primaquine
- Aspirin
- Ibuprofen
- Nitrofurantoin
“Hemolysis IS D PAIN”
Megaloblastic anemia
- Phenytoin
- Methotrexate
- Sulfa drugs
“Having a BLAST with PMS”
Thrombocytopenia
Heparin