Drug Toxicity
1. Hypervitaminosis
2. Digoxin Toxicity
3. Aspirin Toxicity
4. Acetaminophen Toxicity
5. Theophylline Toxicity
6. Alcohol Intoxication
7. Narcotic Intoxication or Narcotic Withdrawal
Vomiting as Adverse Effect at Therapeutic Dosage
1. Analgesics
  1. Aspirin (local GI irritation)
  2. NSAIDs (local GI irritation)
  3. Morphine and other Narcotics
2. Cardiovascular medications
  1. Digoxin
  2. Antiarrhythmics
  3. Antihypertensives
3. Dopamine agonists
  1. L-Dopa
  2. Bromocriptine
4. Antibiotics
  1. Erythromycin
  2. Tetracycline
  3. Sulfonamides
  4. Antituberculous medications
  5. Acyclovir
5. Neurologic medications
  1. Antiparkinsonian medications
  2. Anticonvulsants
6. Chemotherapeutic medications
  1. Severe: Cisplatinum, Dacarbazine, Nitrogen mustard
  2. Moderate: Etoposide, Methotrexate, Cytarabine
  3. Mild: Fluorouracil, Vinblastine, Tamoxifen
7. Miscellaneous medications and therapies
  1. Oral Contraceptives
  2. Sulfasalazine
  3. Azathioprine
  4. Radiation Therapy
  5. Oral Hypoglycemic medications
References
1. Feldman (1998) Sleisenger Gastrointestinal, p. 117-126
2. Friedman (1991) Medical Diagnosis, Little Brown, p. 174
3. Heilenbach in Marx (2002) Rosen's Emergency Med, p. 178
4. Quigley (2001) Gastroenterology 120(1):263

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