FA - Pharm - Drug reactions Flashcards
Coronary vasospasm
cocaine
sumatriptan
ergot alkaloids
cutaneous flushing
VANC: vancomycin adenosine niacin Ca channel blockers
dilated cardiomyopathy
doxorubicin (adriamycin)
daunorubicin
torsades do pointes
antiarrhythmics: class III (sotalol) and class IV (quinidine)
agranulocytosis
clozapine carbamazepine colchicine propylthiouracil methimazole dapsone
“Agranulocytosis Could Certainly Cause Pretty Major Damage”
aplastic anemia
chloramphenicol benzene NSAIDs propylthiouracil methimazole
direct Coombs-positive hemolytic anemia
methyldopa
penicillin
gray-baby syndrome
chloramphenicol
hemolysis in G6PD-deficient patients
Isoniazid (INH) sulfonamides primaquine aspirin ibuprofen nitrofurantoin
“hemolysis IS PAIN”
megaloblastic anemia
phenytoin
methotrexate
sulfa drugs
“having a Blast with PMS”
thrombotic complications
OCPs (oral contraceptives, e.g. estrogen)
cough
ACE inhibitors
note: ARBs like losartan -> no cough
pulmonary fibrosis
bleomycin
amiodarone
busulfan
“it’s hard to BLAB when you have pulmonary fibrosis”
jaundice
erythromycin
Q: why?
A: because it causes acute cholestatic hepatitis
hepatic necrosis
halothane
amanita phalloides
valproic acid
acetaminophen
liver “HAVAc” -> can cause focal to massive hepatic necrosis
hepatitis
isoniazid (INH)
pseudomembranous cholitis
clindamycin
ampicillin