What is dexamethasone?
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Dexamethasone side effects
Dexamethasone oral tablet doesn’t cause drowsiness, but it can cause other side effects.
More common side effects
The more common side effects that can occur with dexamethasone oral tablets include:
• nausea, vomiting, stomach upset, swelling (edema), headache, dizziness, mood changes, such as depression, mood swings, or personality changes, trouble falling asleep, anxiety, low potassium levels (causing symptoms such as tiredness), high blood glucose, high blood pressure, vision problems, including blurred vision
Serious side effects
• Unusual tiredness
• Unusual dizziness
• Unusual digestive upset. Symptoms can include:
• Blood in your stool, or black stools
• Blood in your urine
• Unusual bleeding or bruising
• Unusual swelling throughout your body, or bloating in your abdomen (stomach area)
• Infection. Symptoms can include: fever, muscle aches, joint pain
• Changes in mood or thoughts, or mood disorders such as depression. Symptoms can include: severe mood swings, euphoria (a feeling of intense happiness), trouble sleeping, personality changes
• Severe allergic reaction, including anaphylactic reaction. Symptoms can include: fever, swelling, trouble breathing
• Adrenal insufficiency. Symptoms can include: tiredness, nausea, darkened skin color, dizziness when standing
• More frequent infections (can occur with long-term use)
• Stomach ulcers
• Congestive heart failure
• Osteoporosis (thinning of the bones)
Dexamethasone may interact with other medications
Antibiotics
Antifungal drugs
Blood thinners
Cholesterol drugs
Cushing’s syndrome drugs
Diabetes drugs
Diuretics (water pills)
Epilepsy drugs
Heart drugs
Hormones
HIV drugs
NSAIDs
Tuberculosis drugs
Vaccines
Avoid getting vaccines when taking dexamethasone. Certain vaccines may not work as well for people taking this drug. Also, the drug may make some live vaccines stronger. This raises the risk of side effects from the vaccine.
Other drugs
Aspirin
Thalidomide
Cyclosporine
Dexamethasone warnings
This drug comes with several warnings.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322409#other-warnings
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