'Other' effects ?
Unwanted effects of medicine? Yes, they are extra to the wanted effects. Inseparably part & parcel of the deal. In many situations the merry 'medley of solutions' stands on a soft pedestal.
Antibiotics
- Fungal / mycotic infection
- Perversion of taste
- Headache
- Skin rash
- Abdominal pain
NSAIDs
- Abdominal pain
- Flatulence
- Diarrhoea
- Indigestion
- Heartburn
- Stomach pain
- Nausea
- Internal bleeding
- Anaemia
- Vomiting blood
- Headache
- Drowsy
- Dizziness
- Skin itching
- Rash
- Anxiety / depression
- Confusion
- Restlessness
- Insomnia
- Muscle pains
- Swollen joints
- Back pain
- Ringing in ears
- Hearing loss
- Urinary tract infection
- Sore throat
- Fatigue
- Influenza-like
Analgesics
- Fatigue
- Periorbital oedema
- Anxiety
- Insomnia
- Headache
- Dyspnoea
- Rash
- Anaemia
- Bleeding
- Abdominal pain
- Vomiting
- Nausea
Anti-histamine
- Asthma
- Dryness mouth, eyes
- Sore throat
- Poor vision
- headache
- Dizziness
- Drowsiness
- Fatigue
- Insomnia
- Palpitations
- Skin rash
- Ringing in ears
Anticonvulsants
- Headache
- Drowsy
- Dizziness
- Aggression
- Hostility
- Anger
- Depression
- Emotional lability
- Panic attacks
- Insomnia
- Excessive sleepiness
- Hair loss
- Weakness
- Sore throat
- Neck pain
- More infection prone
- Lack of appetite
- Poor vision
Corticosteroids
- Poor wound healing
- Increased perspiration
- Thinning of skin
- Dryness
- Bruising
- Lupus like lesions
- Itching
- Skin cancer
- Hair loss
- Allergic dermatitis
- Sensory disturbances
- Severe tiredness / weakness
- Vertigo
- General malaise
- Loss of bone mass
- Pathological fractures
- Vertebral compression fractures
- Tendon ruptures
- Loss of muscle mass
- Muscles weakness
- Muscle pains
- Reduced infection resistance
- Peptic ulcer
- Candidiasis
- Abdominal distension
- Constipation
- Blurred vision
- Glaucoma
- Amenorrhoea / irregular period
- Joint pains
- Heart rhythm disturbance
- Increased appetite
- Weight gain
- Abnormal fat deposits
- High blood pressure
- Fluid retention
- Oedema
- Moon-face
- Behaviour/mood changes
- Depression
- Dementia
- Loss of memory
- Emotional instability
- Severe psychiatric symptoms
Narcotics
- Itching skin
- Urinary retention
- Headache
- Tightness in chest
- Muscle spasms / twitching
- Sensitive to pain
- Dyspnoea
- Apnoea
- Insomnia
- Poor memory
- Abdominal pain
- Dry mouth
- Vomiting
- Nausea
- Impotence
- Infertility
- Irregular period
- As if about to pass out
- Dizziness
- Severe drowsiness
- Apathy
- Severe weakness
- Lethargy
- Constipation
- Addiction
- Mental illness
- Psychosis
- Paranoia
- Anxiety
- Overdose
- Agitation
- Hallucinations
- Panic attacks