Drugs Leading to Vitamin B12 deficiency
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Vitamin B12 is an essential nutrient, so its deficiency can lead to many symptoms often attributed to disease states by doctors, rather than being attributed to the deficiency itself. The symptoms can be very serious, leading to patients being put on psychiatric medication, leading to patients developing heart attacks, angina, or shortness of breath.
It is therefore important for you, the patient to know, in order to protect your health, all of the signs and symptoms of the deficiency, and most importantly, to know which medicines can lead to its depletion from your system.
Aminoglycosides- IV antibiotics like gentamycin
Cephalosporins- antibiotic
Chlorotrianisene Tace non-steroidal synthetic estrogen for prostate cancer
Chlortetracycline- antibiotic
Cholestyramine resin Questran binds bile acids to treat high cholesterol or itching in liver failure
Cimetidine- Tagamet
Colchicine for gout
Colestipol or Colestid used to reduce cholesterol & certain fatty substances in your blood
Co-trimoxazole- antibiotic
Demeclocycline –antibiotic related to tetracycline for bacterial infections
Famotidine Pepcid for ulcers or reflux disease
Fluoroquinolones – antibiotics like ciprofloxacin, levoquin
Lansoprazole Prevacid for ulcers or reflux disease
Macrolides– antibiotic
Metformin for Diabetes
Minocycline– antibiotic
Neomycin– antibiotic
Nizatidine or Axid ulcers and reflux disease
Omeprazole Prilosec for gastro-esophageal reflux
Oral contraceptives Birth control Pills
Oxytetracycline– antibiotic
Penicillins– antibiotic
Phenytoin Dilantin for seizures
Potassium chloride given with diuretics like Lasix and HCTZ
Ranitidine Zantac for ulcers and reflux disease
Bismuth citrate used in treatment of H. Pylori, reflux disease, peptobismol
Sulfonamides – antibiotic
Tetracyclines – antibiotic
Trimethoprim – antibiotic
Zidovudine or AZT used in HIV
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