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Adverse Drug Reactions

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the wide variety of toxic drugs reactions is called “Adverse Drugs Reactions” ?

The Adverse Drugs Reactions may be classified as:

  1. Mild. No antidote, therapy, or prolongation of hospitalization necessary.
  2. Moderate. Requires a change in drug therapy, although not necessarily cessation of the drug, or may prolong hospitalization or require special treatment.
  3. Severe. Potentially life-threatening, requires discontinuation of the drug and specific treatment of the adverse reaction.
  4. Lethal. Directly or indirectly contributes to the death of the patient.

(Edited by Dr. María Moya Guirao, MD)

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Diazepam in Lactating Mothers

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Diazepam is excreted in breast milk and causes lethargy, drowsiness, and loss of weight in breastfed infants ?

Others Benzodiazepines, Barbiturates, Antipsychotics, Lithium and Tricyclic Antidepressants drugs pass also into the breast milk. Those drugs must be avoided by nursing mothers because they are considered hazardous to the infant.

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(Edited by Dr. María Moya Guirao, MD)

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Erectile Dysfunction and Drugs

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some drugs such as hypertensives, sedatives, tranquilizers, and amphetamines may cause Erectile Dysfunction ?

Erectile Dysfunction is the inability to attain or sustain an erection satisfactory for normal coitus. This type of Erectile Dysfunction is called Secondary Erectile Dysfunction.

Removing those drugs will restore the normal function.

(Edited by Dr. María Moya Guirao, MD)

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Tardive Dyskinesia and Phenothiazines

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the Phenothiazines may produce Tardive Dyskinesia ?

This adverse effect is characterized by choreiform movements of the buccal, lingual and fascial muscles. Sometimes may be also choreiform movements in the extremities.

Tardive Dyskinesia may be caused by high doses of Phenothiazines given over a long time.

Phenothiazines produce Tardive Dyskinesia in older patients, having normal doses.

(Edited by Dr. María Moya Guirao, MD)

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Heroin Withdrawal Syndrome

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the Heroin Withdrawal Syndrome is characterized by perspiration, rhinorrhea, lacrimation, yawning, mydriasis, tremors, piloerection, muscle twitching, anorexia, and hot or cold flashes ?

Those symptoms usually appear between 7 to 12 hours after the consumption of the last dose, and last more than a week. The intensity of the Withdrawal Syndrome could be different for each person.

(Edited by Dr. María Moya Guirao, MD)

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Methadone

Methadone is a synthetic drug used extensively for

  • short-term treatment of heroin withdrawal,
  • long-term maintenance therapy of opioid addiction
  • analgesia

The methadone duration of action is long and has excellent activity when given orally.

The adverse effects of methadone are reversible by opioid antagonists (eg, Naloxone).

Nowadays some opioid addicts are treated with methadone in our country, that is because they function better socially than when taking heroin, although controversy surrounds such maintenance therapy.

(Edited by Dr. María Moya Guirao, MD)

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Naloxone

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Naloxone is a pure opioid antagonist that can reverse the effects of all other opioid  (heroin, methadone, etc. ) ?

Naloxone given IV is the drug of choice in opioid acute intoxication, because it possesses no respiratory depressant properties, and the recovery may occurs immediately following the administration.

(Edited by Dr. María Moya Guirao, MD)

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