10 medications with the strangest side effects
As a rule, after receiving 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 the side effects are prescribed. The 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 medications that can provoke the most strange reactions of the body.
1. Capecitabine. No fingerprints
A few years ago, a man who came from Singapore was detained in America. The tourist got to the police station for one simple reason: the police could not get fingerprints from him. As it turned out later, the man took a drug that 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 taking this medicine, the skin is restored.
2. Ropinirole. Craving for gambling and sex
The company GlaxoSmithKline, which produces this drug, warns customers about all possible side effects. In 2011, a resident of France sued the manufacturers of the drug due to the fact that he began to feel sexual attraction to men and stopped controlling himself during gambling. Now you can read all the warnings regarding cravings for games and sex on the insert to the pills.
3. Amitriptyline. Staining of urine in blue color
A person who is used 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. Such drugs also include the analgesic indomethacin and the anesthetic propofol.
4. Zolpidem. The desire to eat or cook food while sleeping
Many patients who tried the drug began to worry about their safety. The fact is that several cases of driving a car in a state of increased drowsiness have been recorded. In addition, several people noted such strange symptoms as a strong desire to eat or cook food during sleep.
5. Voriconazole. Auditory and visual hallucinations
In 2004, Infection magazine published an article about the antifungal drug voriconazole. The man who used the medicine claimed that for five days he "heard" popular songs, being in complete silence. A year later, an article appeared in another magazine that 12 people who took the drug had visual hallucinations.
6. Vasoket. 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 strangest thing is the change in the sense of smell. A side effect can manifest itself both in minor deviations, and in the complete inability of a person to smell.
7. Clomipramine. An irresistible desire to yawn and an involuntary orgasm
The drug, aimed at treating depression and numerous phobias, helps to increase the concentration of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain. Patients taking this medicine often cannot control some 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 in the treatment of malaria, has several side effects. Frequent complaints of patients about hallucinations, mental problems are not the saddest results of taking medication. In some cases, the drug affected the desire of people to commit suicide.
9. Bimatoprost. Increase the speed of eyelash growth
The drug for glaucoma is available in the form of eye drops. Manufacturers warn that after using the drug, you can observe an improvement in the structure of the eyelashes and their active growth. Soon, the American company Allergan released a cosmetic product created on the basis of 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 Allergan cosmetic products.
10. Sodium valproate. Curling straight hair
Among the numerous side effects of this drug, 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 the therapy is stopped, the hair becomes straight again.
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