Yellow Card Centre West Midlands MHRA
 

Serious Reactions

 

Some serious reactions

Suspected adverse reactions, or interactions, categorised as "serious" by the Committee on Safety of Medicines include:


Skin
Angioedema
Bullous eruptions
Exfoliation (generalised)
Epidermal necrolysis

Musculoskeletal
Arthropathy
Aseptic bone necrosis
Osteomalacia
Pathological fracture

Malignancy
Any

Metabolic
Acidosis
Adrenal dysfunction
Hypercalcaemia
Hyperkalaemia
Hyponatraemia
Pituitary dysfunction
Porphyria
Thyroid dysfunction

Cardiovascular
Arrhythmias, cardiac arrest
Cardiac failure
Cardiomyopathy
Circulatory failure
Hypertension
Hypotension
Myocardial ischaemia/infarct
Sudden death

Central Nervous System
Anorexia nervosa
Cerebrovascular accident
Catatonia
Acute confusional state
Coma
Dependence
Depression
Epilepsy (inc. exacerbations)
Extrapyramidal reactions
Hallucinations
Hyperpyrexia
Hypothermia
Intracranial hypertension
Myasthenia, Myopathies
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
Neuropathies
Psychoses
Withdrawal syndromes

Blood
Bone marrow dyscrasias
Coagulopathies
Haemolytic anaemias

Special senses
Cataract
Corneal opacification
Glaucoma
Hearing loss
Vestibular dysfunction
Visual loss

Respiratory
Alveolitis (allergic, fibrosing)
Bronchospasm (inc. exacerbation)
Pneumonitis
Respiratory failure
Thromboembolism

Renal
Renal dysfunction
Urinary retention

Reproduction
Abortion
Antepartum haemorrhage
Congenital abnormalities
Eclampsia, pre-eclampsia
Infertility
Uterine haemorrhage, perf.

Immunological
Anaphylaxis
Arteritis
Drug fever
Graft rejection
Lupus syndrome
Polyarteritis nodosa
Vasculitis

Gastrointestinal
Hepatic
Cirrhosis, fibrosis
Colitis
Haemorrhage
Hepatic dysfunction
Ileus
Pancreatitis
Perforation
Peritonitis (inc. fibrosing)
Pseudo-obstruction


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