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Side Effects
Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Check with your doctor immediately if any of the following side effects occur:
More common- Burning or stinging in eye
- Drainage from the eye
- Redness, swelling, and/or itching of eye and eyelid
- Blurred vision
- Chest pain or discomfort
- Confusion
- Dizziness, faintness, or lightheadedness when getting up from a lying or sitting position suddenly
- Shortness of breath
- Slow or irregular heartbeat
- Sweating
- Unusual tiredness or weakness
- Eye pain
- Headache
- Hives or welts
- Itching skin
- Redness of skin
- Shakiness and unsteady walk
- Skin rash
- Tearing
- Unsteadiness, trembling, or other problems with muscle control or coordination
- Unusual drowsiness, dullness, or feeling of sluggishness
- Blistering, peeling, loosening of skin
- Blue lips, fingernails, or skin
- Burning, crawling, itching, numbness, prickling, "pins and needles", or tingling feelings
- Chills
- Cough
- Decreased urine output
- Diarrhea
- Difficult or labored breathing
- Difficulty in chewing, swallowing, or talking
- Dilated neck veins
- Disturbed color perception
- Double vision
- Drooping eyelids
- Extreme fatigue
- Fast, pounding, or racing heartbeat or pulse
- Fever
- Halos around lights
- Hoarseness
- Inability to speak
- Irregular, fast or slow, or shallow breathing
- Irritation
- Joint pain, stiffness, or swelling
- Muscle pain
- Muscle weakness
- Night blindness
- No blood pressure or pulse
- Noisy breathing
- Overbright appearance of lights
- Red skin lesions, often with a purple center
- Seeing double
- Seizures
- Severe numbness, especially on one side of the face or body
- Severe or sudden headache
- Severe tiredness
- Slurred speech
- Sore throat
- Sores, ulcers, or white spots in mouth or on lips
- Stopping of heart
- Swelling of eyelids, face, lips, hands, fingers, feet, or lower legs
- Temporary blindness
- Tightness in chest
- Troubled breathing
- Tunnel vision
- Unconsciousness
- Weakness in arm and/or leg on one side of the body, sudden and severe
- Weight gain
- Wheezing
Some side effects may occur that usually do not need medical attention. These side effects may go away during treatment as your body adjusts to the medicine. Also, your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects. Check with your health care professional if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome or if you have any questions about them:
Incidence not determined- Decreased interest in sexual intercourse
- Discouragement
- Feeling sad or empty
- Inability to have or keep an erection
- Irritability
- Lack of appetite
- Lack or loss of strength
- Loss in sexual ability, desire, drive, or performance
- Loss of interest or pleasure
- Nausea
- Stuffy nose
- Tiredness
- Trouble concentrating
- Trouble sleeping
Other side effects not listed may also occur in some patients. If you notice any other effects, check with your healthcare professional.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
