Diseases & Conditions caused by the Side Effects of Drugs
This web site contains information on the more common diseases and conditions that may result as an unintended side effect from the use of certain drugs (such as Vioxx) and medical devices for which:
- A link to the disease or condition is suspected
- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning has been issued
(or is being considered)
If you have been diagnosed with any of the following conditions, or if you are experiencing any of the symptoms listed in the corresponding information, links to further information on some of the drugs or medical devices that could have caused the condition are provided. Some of the drugs and medical devices may have been pulled from the market, but damage from their side effects may continue to impact victims far into the future.
Conditions and diseases that are side effects of popular prescription drugs include:
- Achilles Tendon Rupture
- Autism
- Birth Defects
- Blindness: Fungal Keratitis
- Blindness: NAION
- Cancer: Breast Cancer
- Cancer: Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma
- Cardiovascular: Arrhythmia/Heart Palpitations
- Cardiovascular: Drug-Induced Hypertension, Heart Attack
- Cardiovascular: Valvular Heart Disease
- Cardiovascular/Respiratory: Pulmonary Hypertension
- Cholestasis
- Depression: Drug-Induced with Possible Thoughts of Suicide
- Diabetes
- Gastrointestinal: Esophagitis
- Gastrointestinal: Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)/Inflammable Bowel Disease (IBD)
- Gastrointestinal: Pseudomembranous Colitis
- Hyponatremia
- Immune Hemolytic Anemia (IHA)
- Infertility
- Kidney Damage/Renal Failure
- Liver Damage: Drug-Induced or Toxic Hepatitis
- Lupus
- Neutropenia
- NSF/NFD (Nephrogenic Fibrosing Dermopathy)
- Osteonecrosis/Dead Jaw
- Pancreatitis
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML)
- Pulmonary: Aggravated Asthma/Asthma Death
- Pulmonary: Drug-Induced Pulmonary Disease
- Sexual Dysfunction
- Sleep Disorders/Sleep Disturbances
- Stevens Johnson Syndrome/ Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Syndrome (TEN) or Lyell’s Syndrome
- Stroke/Blood Clots
- Thrombocytopenia
- Tremors
- Uterine Rupture