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Unwanted side effects of medications
Side effects of drugs can have unwanted and life-threatening side effects on the body. An adverse effect is a harmful and dangerous reaction to a drug used for the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of diseases. This type of reaction can develop even when choosing and using a proven method of treatment of a drug. Unwanted and dangerous effects are possible both with home therapeutic treatment and with treatment in a hospital setting.
It has been established that any medication can cause an undesirable effect. Undesirable side effects are very diverse, poorly predictable and can imitate the symptoms of the disease. Undesirable side effects often develop with excessively long-term drug therapy. For this reason, medications are taken in certain time regimens and then a break is taken.
As a rule, the doctor informs the patient about the possibility of developing undesirable effects, urging him to pay close attention to any change in his health in order to notice the undesirable effect in time and take measures.
Most often, unwanted side effects may occur in children (newborns, infants), in the elderly, in pregnant women. The risk of side effects may be associated with the duration of use of the drug, with the use of many different drugs in the same period (starting with four types of drugs), two or more drugs with the same side effects.
Undesirable side effects include:
- allergic reactions;
- intolerance and hypersensitivity associated with genetic characteristics of the body;
- poisoning associated with the toxic effect of a drug at a high concentration in the blood;
- hormonal imbalances;
- dependence on the medicine.
The most common undesirable side effects are associated with the use of such medications as: antibiotics, sulfonamides, glucocorticosteroids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, cardiac glycosides, antiepileptic drugs and other serious drugs.
It is possible to notice and stop the development of an undesirable side effect in time if you pay close attention to any minor changes in your health while taking medications.
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