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▪ Side effects of antibiotics. Vancomycin antibiotic is used to treat an infection of the intestines caused by Clostridium difficile, which can cause watery or bloody diarrhea. This medicine is also used to treat staph infections that can cause inflammation of the colon and small intestines.
▪ Side effects of Vancomycin can be potentially life threating side effects. So, we can learn them through mnemonics.
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N for, Neuro-toxicity.
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What are the signs of vitamin D deficiency? Vitamin D greatly influences the systems of our body from ensuring calcium supply to our bones to strengthening our immune system. We normally get this vitamin from foods, supplements, and the sun’s rays, but when something goes wrong and we face vitamin D deficiency, our body systems may break.


For example, sweating that seems a little excessive or not brought on by anything particularly obvious, however, can be a sign that you’re lacking vitamin D. So what other signs show a deficiency, how serious is the problem, and what can you do to get more of it? Here at Bright Side, we’ve studied the most common symptoms of low vitamin D levels and we want to tell you what we’ve found.

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This content provides information about the use of prednisone, a steroid often prescribed for managing inflammation and pain. Lower doses of prednisone may result in side effects such as weight gain, moon face, cataracts, glaucoma, heart failure, mood changes, and thin fragile skin. It is important to take this steroid at the lowest dose possible, no more than twice a day, and to take preventive measures to protect against side effects. Additionally, regular eye checks should be done, and one should visit prednisonepharmacist.com for a detailed checklist of needs while taking prednisone.

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Brain zaps are part of what we call medication discontinuation syndrome. Medication discontinuation syndrome are symptoms that you can see when you suddenly stop your medication.

In this case were talking about what you see when you stop the serotonin enhancing antidepressants.

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Dr. Steve Wolf: Phenobarbital is one of our oldest anti-seizure medications that have been around. It's indicated for both seizure types. The major problem with it is sedation, sleepiness. That's why the newer medications have a lot less sleepiness and side effects and waking issues.

Patty McGoldrick: Now it still is used a lot of times in infants, children who present with neonatal seizures, and that's one of the first medications that's given to them. It's also used for people who present in status, which is prolonged seizures, and who may be in the emergency room. Not necessarily as the first medication that's used for that, but somewhere down the line.

Dr. Wolf: The problem is in the emergency room, when you use it, it can really knock you out, and put you to sleep. And of course, if you give too much of it, it actually can affect your respiration.

Patty: Now, the other big issue with phenobarbital is that we've been using it for years to control seizures in newborns and in infants. And actually, the latest research has shown it can cause much more cognitive damage than we initially thought. So we're trying not to use that as rapidly as we did in the past. We use some of the newer medications. We try to get children off phenobarbital pretty quickly if they were using it.

Dr. Wolf: There were studies in the 80's showing that it can affect hyperactivity in young children, as well as reading scores and attention scores. So again, this drug can have a lot of potential cerebral side effects. That's why it's nice about some of the newer medications that are out there that might have less cognitive effects. So it's important to discuss with the people taking care of you whether this is the right medication for you, and what are the other choices.