Asthma
Drug Possible Side Effects
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Generic
name: Budesonide
Brand names: Pulmicort, Rhinocort
Side effects: facial edema, rash, herpes simplex, nervousness,
nausea, nasal irritation, dry mouth, hoarseness, wheezing,
nasal pain, delayed growth in children
Long term use: glucose intolerance, psychiatric disturbances,
cataracts
Generic
name: Beclomethasone
Brand names: Beclovent, Vanceril, Becloforte, Beconaise
Side effects: irritation of the throat, coughing, hoarseness,
candidiasis in the region of the oropharynx or the larynx.
Long term use: depressed pituitary-adrenal functioning,
osteoporosis.
Generic
name: Flunisolide
Brand names: Bronalide, Aerobid-M, Nasalide, Rhinalar
Side effects: nasal burning and stinging, aftertaste, hoarseness,
sore throat, cough, wheezing, Candida (yeast) infections,
change or loss of sense of smell or taste, nausea, headache,
diarrhea, allergic reaction (including rash, hives, itchiness
and bronchospasm)
Long term use: permanent loss of sense of smell and/or
taste
Generic
name: Fluticasone
Brand names: Flonase or Flovent
Side effects: dry nose, nose bleeds,
candida yeast infections in the mouth, hoarseness,
sore throat, serious
cortisol suppression, growth suppression in children,
eosinophilic pneumonia, eosinophilic vasculitis, Churg-Strauss
syndrome,
vasculitic rash, worsening pulmonary symptoms, cardiac
complications, increased risk of glaucoma
Generic
name: Salbutamol or Albutrerol
Brand names: Ventolin, Easyhaler, Diskhaler, Proventil
Side effects: suspected to be a co-factor
in asthma deaths, tremor, inner agitation, heart palpitation,
muscle cramps,
headaches, premature contractions during pregnancy,
psychotic reactions.
Generic
name: Salmeterol
Brand name: Serevent
Side effects: liver dysfunction and
damage, increased heart rate, blood pressure, heart
beat irregularities, chest
pain tremor, nervousness, worsening of bronchospasm
(life-threatening), allergic reactions: skin rash,
hives, swelling, bronchospasm,
and anaphylaxis (life-threatening), worsening
of diabetes and lowering of potassium, potentially fatal
heart complications.
Expert Warns Against 5 FDA-Approved Drugs- In
testimony Thursday (November 18, 2004) before
the Senate Finance
Committee, Food and Drug Administration reviewer
David Graham cited Meridia, Crestor, Accutane,
Bextra and
Serevent. Serevent was shown, with 90 percent
certainty in a long-term
trial in England, to cause deaths due to asthma.
GlaxoSmithKline, told by the FDA to do a large,
clinical trial, begged
off. "We've
got case reports of people dying, clutching their Serevent
inhaler," Graham said. "But Serevent
is still on the market."
Generic
name: Prednisone, Prednisolone
Brand names: Adasone, Cartancyl, Colisone, Cordrol, Cortan,
Dacortin, Dellacort, Delta-Dome, Deltasone, DiAdreson,
Econosone, Fernisone, Liquid Pred, Meticorten, Orasone,
Panasol, Paracort, Parmenison, Prednicen-M, Prednicot,
Predniment, Rectodelt, Sterapred
Side effects: systemic
corticosteroid effects such as hypercorticism
and adrenal suppression,
Cushing's syndrome with moon face,
truncal obesity, acne, psychiatric disorders,
menstruation disorders, osteoporosis,
muscular atrophy, and
other myopathies,hypertension, edema,
hyperglycemia,
cataracts, glaucoma, aseptic bone
necrosis, pancreatitis, delayed wound healing,
sleep disturbances, nycturia, nausea;
gastrointestinal
bleeding, dermatrophy,
cerebral pseudotumor, congestive heart failure,
convulsions, impaired wound healing
*to discontiinue use: prednisolone,
or prednisone must be reduced gradually
if the therapy lasts
longer than one
week.
Generic
name: Theophylline
Brand names: Theo-dur, Respbid, Slo-bid, Theo-24, Theolair,
Uniphyl, Slo-phyllin
Side effects: loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting,
abdominal pain, trouble concentrating tachycardia,
palpitations, extrasystoles, headaches, tremor,
nervousness, excitability,
sleep disturbances, gastroesophageal reflux
Long term use: dangerous
complications mostly affect the heart (arrhythmias)
and the
central nervous system (convulsions)
and are frequently lethal.
Generic
name: Zileutron
Brand name: Leutrol, Zyflo
Side effects: changes in liver functioning
Long term use: liver damage (yellowing
of skin or eyes, unusual tiredness, abdominal
pain)
Generic
name: Zafirlukast
Brand name: Accolate
Side effects: headache, infections, nausea,
diarrhea, numbness, tingling, pain, worsening
respiratory symptoms,
liver damage (yellowing of skin or eyes,
unusual tiredness, abdominal pain); Churg-Strauss syndrome:
can be very
serious; if dose is reduced watch for
the following
symptoms: fever,
muscle aches, pains and weight loss.
Long term use: liver
damage (yellowing of skin or eyes, unusual
tiredness,
abdominal pain)
Generic
name: Montelukast
Brand name: Singulair
Side effects: headache, abdominal pain, rash,
dyspepsia, dizziness, diarrhea, sinusitis,
and ear ache, gastroenteritis,
cough, nasal congestion
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