Drug Reactions EC Flashcards
Drugs causing Coronary vasospasm
Cocaine
Sumatriptan
Ergot alkaloids
Drugs causing Cutaneous flushing
Vancomycin
Adenosine
Niacin
Ca blockers
“VANC”
Drugs causing Dilated cardiomyopathy
Doxorubicin
Daunorubicin
Drugs causing Torsades de pointes
Class III (sotalol) antiarrhythmics Class IA (quinidine) antiarrhythmics Macrolides Antipsychotics TCAs
Drugs causing Agranulocytosis
Clozapine Carbamazepine Colchicine Propylthiouracil Methimazole Dapsone
“Agranulocytosis Could Certainly Cause Pretty Major Damage”
Drugs causing Aplastic anemia
Carbamazepine Methimazole NSAIDs Benzene Chloramphenicol PTU
“Can’t Make New Blood Cells Properly”
Drugs causing Direct Coombs-positive hemolytic anemia
Methyldopa
Penicillin
Drug causing Gray baby syndrome
Chloramphenicol
Drugs causing Hemolysis in G6PD deficiency
Isoniazid Sulfonamides Dapsone Primaquine Aspirin Ibuprofen Nitrofurantoin
“hemolysis IS D PAIN”
Drugs causing MegaloBLASTic anemia
Phenytoin
Methotrexate
Sulfa
“having a BLAST with PMS”
Drug causing Thrombotic complications
OCP’s
Drugs causing Cough
ACE inhibitors
Drugs causing Pulmonary fibrosis
Bleomycin
Amiodarone
Busulfan
Methotrexate
“Breathing Air Badly from Medications”
Drug causing Acute cholestatic hepatitis, jaundice
Erythromycin
Drugs causing Focal to massive hepatic necrosis
Halothane
Amanita phalloides (deathcap mushroom)
Valproic acid
ACetaminophen
“liver HAVAc”
Drug causing Hepatitis
INH
Drugs causing Pseudomembranous colitis
Clindamycin
Ampicillin
Drugs causing Adrenocortical insufficiency
Glucocorticoid withdrawal
Drugs causing Gynecomastia
Spironolactone Digitalis Cimetidine Alcohol Ketoconazole
“Some Drugs Create Awkward Knockers”