Adverse reaction |
Drug or procedure |
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Aseptic meningitis |
Trimethoprim, sulfadiazine, ibuprofen, intravenous immunoglobulin azathioprine, sulindac, tolmetin, naproxen, OKT3 |
Basal ganglia syndromes (parkinsonism, tardive dyskinesia, other dyskinesias) |
Butyrophenones, levodopa, phenothiazines, reserpine, tetrabenazine |
Brain tumor |
Immunosuppression (CNS lymphoma)
Radiotherapy (meningioma) |
Central pontine myelinolysis |
Rapid correction of hyponatremia |
Encephalopathy |
Anticonvulsant drugs, cimetidine, corticosteroids, hemodialysis, insulin (hypoglycemia), lithium, methotrexate, metrizamide, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, overhydration (water intoxication), penicillin, pentazocine, propoxyphene, radiotherapy, vincristine |
Leukoencephalopathy |
Methotrexate, radiation, vaccines |
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome |
Neuroleptic drugs |
Meningoencephalitis (viral, yeast, toxoplasmosis) |
Immunosuppression |
Malignant hyperthermia |
Succinylcholine, halothane, others |
Myopathies and myoglobinuria |
Anticonvulsants (with osteomalacia), bacterial toxins with tampon use (toxic shock syndrome), chloroquine, corticosteroids, emetine, epsilon caproic acid, hypophosphatemia, ipecac, kaliuretic diuretics (furosemide, thiazides), licorice (glycyrrhiza), lovastatin, penicillamine, zidovudine |
Muscle fibrosis |
Meperidine, pentazocine |
Myotonia |
Diazacholesterol |
Myelopathy |
Intrathecal injections, delayed arachnoiditis after myelography, radiotherapy, spinal anesthesia, spinal angiography, vaccination |
Neuromuscular disorders |
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MG |
Antiepileptic drugs, penicillamine |
Other neuromuscular blockade |
Aminoglycoside antibiotics, succinylcholine |
Optic neuropathy |
Chloroquine, ethambutol, isoniazid, penicillamine, vincristine |
Peripheral neuropathy |
Anticoagulants (nerve compression by hematoma), barbiturates (in acute porphyria), disopyramide, disulfiram, ethambutol, hypophosphatemia, isoniazid, metronidazole, nitrofurantoin, nitrous oxide, perihexilene, phenytoin, procarbazine, vincristine, vitamin B6 excess |
Pseudotumor cerebri |
Corticosteroids, nalidixic acid, tetracycline, vitamin A |
Stroke |
Amphetamines, anticoagulants, cerebral angiography and intraarterial interventional therapies, chiropractic manipulation of neck, induced hypotension for surgery, induced cardiac arrest, insulin-induced hypoglycemia, massage of carotid sinus, open heart surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass, oral contraceptives, overcorrection of hypertension, radiotherapy of neck or cranium |
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