The most terrible and strange side effects of drugs
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Medical drugs often act on the human body not only for their intended purpose.
Most drugs have side effects, which can sometimes be very serious and even strange. ILive presents the most strange and terrible side effects of various medications.
Amnesia
Surely you will remember at least one movie, the intrigue in which twists around a man who, for example, lost his memory after a car accident and does not remember, even his name. This condition is called amnesia, and it can be caused not only by head injuries, but also by drugs such as Mirapecx (prescribed to people with Parkinson's disease) and Lipitor (lowers cholesterol). Because of the short-term memory loss, patients who take these drugs may sometimes not know where they were yesterday.
Loss of feelings
The drug Vasotec is designed to normalize blood pressure. In some people, it can cause violation of almost all five senses. Because of the side effects of medication, people can temporarily lose their nose and taste, and before their eyes they can swim with colored circles.
Colored urine
Phenazopyridine, intended for the treatment of urinary tract infections, deferoxamine, which is treated with iron, and a number of other drugs can decorate the patient's urine in black, purple, green or blue.
Hallucinations
Not only can LSD cause hallucinations, but a number of other drugs that are not common drugs. The side effect of taking Mirapox can be not only amnesia, but also powerful hallucinations, which, for example, cause patients to hide in the toilet from invisible to other people snakes.
Has a hallucinogenic effect and Lariam is a remedy for malaria.
Nightmares
Chantix is designed to discourage a smoker's craving for tobacco, but at the same time, he can repel him and craving for sleep. This drug can cause nightmares, because of which patients wake up at night with screams of horror.
Encopresis (stool incontinence)
A variety of drugs for "fast and effective" weight loss can be a great danger. For example, a diet violation when taking Xenical can lead to a loss of ability to control the act of defecation. With such a violation, the patient defecates more often than usual and is unable to restrain himself.
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Compulsive behavior
After taking all the same Mirapex, many patients began to experience behavioral problems, which they did not previously have. Those who drank only on holidays and a little bit, became alcoholics, others began to experience an excessive passion for gambling, shopping or sex.
Suicidal mood
Anti-malarial Lariam and Paxil antidepressant can lead a person to suicide. Some patients receiving Lariam have suicidal thoughts that can turn into actions. Physicians are also suspected of having such a side effect in Chantix.
Developmental flaws
The admission of certain medicines to a pregnant woman can lead to serious malformations of her child. In the late 1950s - early 1960s, around 10,000 children with congenital malformations were born in several countries around the world.
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Their mothers during pregnancy took a hypnotic drug Thalidomide.