10 drugs with the strangest side effects
As a rule, having received a prescription from a doctor, the patient goes to the pharmacy and buys the drug. Most often, people are interested in when and in what quantities they need to take the medicine, and almost no one pays attention to the item in which all side effects are prescribed. Compounds of chemicals in each individual drug, when interacting with the human body, can cause not only nausea or dizziness, but also other, extremely unusual sensations.
We have compiled a list of drugs that can provoke the most strange reactions in the body.
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1. Capecitabine. No fingerprints
A few years ago, a man who came from Singapore was detained in America. The tourist got to the station for one simple reason: the police could not get fingerprints from him. As it turned out later, the man took the drug, which in rare cases leads to a change in the skin of the hands and feet, up to the disappearance of fingerprints. As practice shows, after stopping this medication, the skin is restored.
2. Ropinirole. Cravings for gambling and sex
GlaxoSmithKline, the manufacturer of this product, warns customers of all possible side effects. In 2011, a French resident sued drug manufacturers because he began to feel sexual attraction to males and lost control of himself during gambling. Now on the insert to the pills you can read all the warnings regarding cravings for games and sex.
3. Amitriptyline. Blue staining of urine
A person who is accustomed to the yellow color of urine will obviously be surprised when one day it changes color to blue. The fact is that the chemical composition of the shells of some drugs includes dyes that can provoke a change in the color of biological fluids in the body. These drugs also include the anesthetic indomethacin and the anesthetic propofol.
4. Zolpidem. Desire to eat or cook while sleeping
Many patients who tried the drug began to worry about their safety. The fact is that there have been several cases of driving a car in a state of increased drowsiness. In addition, several people have noted strange symptoms such as a strong urge to eat or cook while sleeping.
5. Voriconazole. Auditory and visual hallucinations
In 2004, the journal Infection published an article about the antifungal drug voriconazole. The man who used the medicine claimed to have "heard" popular songs for five days in complete silence. A year later, an article appeared in another magazine that 12 people who took the drug had visual hallucinations.
6. Vaseket. Inability to smell
This drug, like many others, has a wide range of side effects. There may be problems with all five senses. However, the most strange thing can be called a change in smell. A side effect can manifest itself in both minor deviations and in the complete inability of a person to smell.
7. Clomipramine. Irresistible desire to yawn and involuntary orgasm
The drug, aimed at the treatment of depression and numerous phobias, helps to increase the concentration of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain. Patients taking this medicine often cannot control certain processes. For example, throughout the day a person feels an irresistible desire to yawn, even if he does not want to sleep and is not tired. Cases of involuntary orgasm have been reported among patients taking this drug.
8. Mefloquine. suicide attempts
The drug, which is used to treat malaria, has several side effects. Frequent complaints of patients about hallucinations, mental problems are not the saddest results of taking the medicine. In some cases, the drug influenced people's desire to commit suicide.
9. Bimatoprost. Increasing the growth rate of eyelashes
The drug for glaucoma comes in the form of eye drops. Manufacturers warn that after using the medicine, you can observe an improvement in the structure of the eyelashes and their active growth. Soon the American company Allergan released a cosmetic product based on bimatoprost, the side effect of which has now become the main advantage. Anyone who wants to accelerate the growth of eyelashes and improve their quality can buy cosmetic products from Allergan.
10. Sodium valproate. Curling straight hair
Among the many side effects of this medicine, the most harmless and perhaps the most unusual is the ability of the drug to make straight hair curly. Scientists claim that this is due to a decrease in the concentration of certain substances that affect the growth and quality of hair. When therapy is stopped, the hair becomes straight again.