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A portal of information provided by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices. - Drug Interaction Checker
Program alerts patients to some drug-drug interaction possibilities when taking two or more prescription drugs. - FDA MedWatch
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Health Canada's MedEffect site provides drug product safety announcements and other information for patients. - Medication Errors Reporting Program (MERP)
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- Side Effect: Central Nervous System (meningitis, demyelinating disease)
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- Side Effect: Gastrointestinal (acute gastrointestinal bleeding)
- Side Effect: Infections (necrotizing fasciitis, sepsis)
- Side Effect: Kidney Injury (acute renal failure, kidney transplant)
- Side Effect: Liver Failure (hepatitis, acute liver failure, liver transplant)
- Side Effect: Lung Disease (interstitial lung disease)
- Side Effect: Movement Disorders (dystonia, tardive dyskinesia, Parkinsonism)
- Side Effect: Neuropsychiatric Events (suicide, suicidality, depression)
- Side Effect: Pancreatitis (inflammation of pancreas)
- Side Effect: Rhabdomyolysis (severe muscle breakdown / toxicity)
- Side Effect: Skin Reaction (Stevens Johnson Syndrome, Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis)
- Side Effect: Tendon Damage (tendon rupture, tendonitis)
- Side Effect: Vision - Optical (blindness, sudden vision loss, NAION)
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