Tequin Side Effects: Gatifloxacin Heart Attack, Stroke & Liver Toxicity Lawsuit Information From The Law Firm of Alexander Hawes, LLP.
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Tequin Diabetes & Hyperglycemia Lawsuit Information: Tequin Side Effects:
Tequin Side Effects:
Drug-related adverse events classified as possibly, probably, or definitely related with a frequency of >/=3% in patients receiving gatifloxacin in single- and multiple-dose clinical trials are as follows:
- nausea 8%
- vaginitis 6%
- diarrhea 4%
- headache 3%
- dizziness 3%
In patients who were treated with either intravenous gatifloxacin or with intravenous followed by oral therapy, the incidence of adverse events was similar to those who received oral therapy alone. Local
| "What I had was a dangerous -- and even potentially life-threatening-- drug reaction. Who knows what might have happened had I not taken the Benadryl -- an antihistimine -- when the shortness of breath and airway constriction began? What sorts of neurological implications could I have faced if I had stayed on a full 10-day course of Tequin? " more. . . |
injection site reactions (redness at injection site) were noted in 5% of patients.
Additional drug-related adverse events (possibly, probably, or definitely related) considered clinically relevant that occurred in >/=0.1% to <3% of patients receiving gatifloxacin in single- and multiple-dose clinical trials are as follows:
- Body as a Whole: allergic reaction, asthenia, back pain, chest pain, chills, face edema, fever
- Cardiovascular System: hypertension, palpitation
- Digestive System: abdominal pain, anorexia, constipation, dyspepsia, flatulence, gastritis, glossitis, mouth ulcer, oral moniliasis, stomatitis, vomiting
- Metabolic/Nutritional System: hyperglycemia, peripheral edema, thirst
- Musculoskeletal System: arthralgia, leg cramp
- Nervous System: abnormal dream, agitation, anxiety, confusion, insomnia, nervousness, paresthesia, somnolence, tremor, vasodilatation, vertigo
- Respiratory System: dyspnea, pharyngitis
- Skin/Appendages: dry skin, pruritus, rash, sweating
- Special Senses: abnormal vision, taste perversion, tinnitus
- Urogenital System: dysuria
Additional drug-related adverse events considered clinically relevant that occurred in <0.1% (rare adverse events) of patients receiving gatifloxacin in single- and multiple-dose clinical trials are as follows: abnormal thinking, alcohol intolerance, arthritis, asthma (bronchospasm), ataxia, bone pain, bradycardia, breast pain, cheilitis, colitis, convulsion, cyanosis, depersonalization, depression, diabetes mellitus, dysphagia, ear pain, ecchymosis, edema, epistaxis, euphoria, eye pain, eye photosensitivity, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, generalized edema, gingivitis, halitosis, hallucination, hematemesis, hematuria, hostility, hyperesthesia, hypertonia, hyperventilation, hypoglycemia, lymphadenopathy, maculopapular rash, metrorrhagia, migraine, mouth edema, myalgia, myasthenia, neck pain, panic attack, paranoia, parosmia, photophobia, pseudomembranous colitis, psychosis, ptosis, rectal hemorrhage, stress, substernal chest pain, tachycardia, taste loss, tongue edema, vesiculobullous rash.
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