Question | Answer |
Coronary Vasospasm | Cocaine, sumatriptan, Ergonovine (intentional to test for prinzmetals) |
Cutaneous flushing | VANC: Vancomycin, Adenosine, Niacin, Ca2+ channel blockers |
Dilated
cardiomyopathy | Doxorubicin (Adriamycin), daunorubicin |
Torsades de pointes | Class III (sotalol), class IA (quinidine) antiarrhythmics |
Agranulocytosis | Clozapine, Carbamazepine, Colchicine, Propylthiouracil, Methimazole, Dapsone (Agranulocytosis
Could Certainly Cause Pretty Major Damage) |
Aplastic anemia | Chloramphenicol, benzene, NSAIDs, propylthiouracil, methimazole |
Direct (combspositive
hemolytic
anemia | Methyldopa |
Gray baby syndrome | Chloramphenicol |
Hemolysis in G6PD-deficient patients | Isoniazid (INH), Sulfonamides, Primaquine, Aspirin, Ibuprofen, Nitrofurantoin (hemolysis IS PAIN) |
Megaloblastic anemia | Megaloblastic Phenytoin, Methotrexate, Sulfa drugs (having a blast with PMS) |
Thrombotic
complications | OCPs (e.g., estrogens and progestins) |
Cough | ACE inhibitors (note: ARBs like losartan-no cough) |
Pulmonary fibrosis | Bleomycin, Amioclarone, Busulfan (it's hard to BLAB when you have pulmonary fibrosis) |
Acute cholestatic hepatitis | Macrolicles |
Focal to massive hepatic necrosis | Halothane, Acetaminophen, Valproic acid, Amanita phalloides (liver HAVAc) |
Hepatitis | INH |
Pseudomembranous colitis | Clinclamycin, ampicillin |
Adrenocortical insufficiency | Glucocorticoid withdrawal (HPA suppression) |
Gynecomastia | Spironolactone, Digitalis, Cimeticline, chronic Alcohol use, estrogens, Ketoconazole (Some Drugs
Create Awesome Knockers) |
Hot flashes | Tamoxifen, clomiphene |
Hypothyroidism | Lithium, amiodarone, sulfonamicles |
Hyperglycemia | Niacin, tacrolimus, protease inhibitors, diazoxide |
Fat redistribution | Glucocorticoids, protease inhibitors |
Gingival hyperplasia | Phenytoin, verapamil |
Gout | Furosemide, thiazides, niacin, cyclosporine, pyrazinamide |
Myopathies | Fibrates, Niacin, Colchicine, Hydroxychlorquine, Interferon a, Penicillamine, Statins,
Glucocorticoicls, ( Fish N CHIPS Give you myopathies) |
Osteoporosis | Corticosteroids, heparin |
Photosensitivity | Sulfonamides, Amiodarone, Tetracycline (SAT for a photo) |
Rash (StevensJohnson
syndrome) | Penicillin, Ethosuximide, Carbamazepine, Sulfa drugs, Lamotrigine, Allopurinol, Phenytoin,
Phenobarbital (bad rash after a PEC SLAPP) |
SLE-Iike syndrome | Hydralazine, INH, Procainamide, Phenytoin (it's not HIPP to have lupus) |
Tendonitis, tendon
rupture, and
cartilage damage
(kids) | Fluoroquinolones |
Diabetes insipidus | Lithium, demeclocycline |
Fanconi's syndrome | Expired tetracycline |
I nterstitial nephritis | Methicillin, NSAIDs, furosemide |
Hemorrhagic cystitis | Cyclophosphamide, ifosfamide (prevent by coaclministering with mesna) |
SIADH | Carbamazepine, cyclophosphamide |
Cinchonism | Quinidine, quinine |
Parkinson-like
syndrome | Antipsychotics, reserpine, metoclopramide |
Seizures | Bupropion, imipenem/cilastatin, isoniazid |
Tardive dyskinesia | Antipsychotics |
Antimuscarinic | Atropine, TCAs, H1 blockers, neuroleptics, digoxin |
Disulfiram-like
reaction | Metronidazole, certain cephalosporins, procarbazine, 1st-generation sulfonylureas |
Nephrotoxicity/
ototoxicity | Aminoglycosides, vancomycin, loop diuretics, cisplatin |