CAN YOUR DRUGS CAUSE YOU TO BLEED?

ARE YOUR DRUGS CAUSING YOU TO BLEED?

Bleeding from drugs is not common, but can be fatal.  Simply stopping the drug can prevent it.  What drugs can cause this condition? 

Often you take a drug for a week or longer.  You may get lightheaded, nauseated and then vomit.  A fever is often present before you bleed. Bleeding from the bowel, urine and nose cause heavy bleeding.  Once the drug is topped, the symptoms disappear, usually in 24 hours.

Fifty-eight drugs can cause bleeding and 27 are probable causes of bleeding.  Antibiotics, diuretics, sedatives, anticonvulsants, and ant rheumatic agents lead the list.   Vaccinations can result in severe bleeding several weeks after the vaccination.

To find this list of drugs go to:

www.moon.ouhsc.edu/jgeorge/DITP.html

 

Treatment involves simply in stopping the drug immediately if hemorrhage occurs.  Once one is sensitized, the drug sensitivity lasts forever.  Cortisone and immune globulin are used in severe cases but there is no evidence it helps.

                                                      source NEJM 8.9.07

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