cautions and side-effects

Last reviewed 01/2018

Cautions:

• renal and hepatic impairment
• pregnancy and breast-feeding

Side-effects:

• altered bowel habit
• dizziness, rash, tiredness, headache
• reversible confusional states
• reversible liver damage
• rarely, blood disorders (including thrombocytopenia, agranulocytosis, and aplastic anaemia),
• muscle or joint pain
• hypersensitivity
• bradycardia and AV block
• interstitial nephritis and acute pancreatitis reported
• gynaecomastia (usually only in high dosage)
• reversible impotence has also been reported