pharmaceutical agents associated with diarrhea

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Introduction

Drugs commonly causing diarrhea (by drug class^[1]^[3]^[4]

Etiology

antibiotics
laxatives
anti-arrhythmic agents
anti-hypertensive agents
diuretics
- furosemide
- thiazides
hyperlipidemic agents
- clofibrate
- gemfibrozil
- HMG CoA reductase inhibitors
  - lovastatin
- probucol
hypoglycemic agents
- acarbose
- metformin
neuropsychiatric agents
- lithium carbonate
- SSRI
  - fluoxetine (Prozac)
- alprazolam (Xanax)
- valproic acid
- ethosuximide
- L-dopa
others
- colchicine
- magnesium-containing antacids
- methyldopa
- non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
- gold
- thyroid medications
- theophylline
- chemotherapeutic agents
- enemas
- prostaglandins: misoprostol
- stimulants
- acetylcholinesterase inhibitors
  - donepezil (Aricept)
- olsalazine
- proton pump inhibitors
- mesalamine
- carbamazepine

* Also see:

drugs associated with diarrhea [A-L]
drugs associated with diarrhea [M-Z]

Management

discontinue potentially offending agent(s)

More general terms

drug adverse effect(s)

More specific terms

Additional terms

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed. Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 215
↑ Senex: An Electronic Reference for Medicine & Molecular Pathology, 2000
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed. Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 238
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 15, 18, 19. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2009, 2018, 2021.

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