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We know many pharmaceuticals with ridiculously unbalanced side-effects have slipped through the FDA's guidelines. So, what is the worst, most humorous, or most unusual side-effect you've heard of on brand-name drugs?

My favorite was a psoriasis pill introduced last year, with no less than the possibility of death! Like a promise of gene-pool cleansing...

We know many pharmaceuticals with ridiculously unbalanced side-effects have slipped through the FDA's guidelines. So, what is the worst, most humorous, or most unusual side-effect you've heard of on brand-name drugs?

My favorite was a psoriasis pill introduced last year, with no less than the possibility of death! Like a promise of gene-pool cleansing...

I tried a Viagra 50mg, just for S&G's, and I had to be rushed to the hospital for having a 6 hour erection. It hurt! :(

I used to have some sleeping tables and the disclaimer said something like "Warning: May cause drowsiness." I mean, WOW! Who'da thought, ya know? Totally amazinging and mind blowing!

I tried a Viagra 50mg, just for S&G's, and I had to be rushed to the hospital for having a 6 hour erection. It hurt! :(

What's S&G?

On Zoloft one of the side effects is may cause suicidal tendencies. I thought I was taking this shit to keep me from killing myself?

What's S&G?

-unsure of language rules, so gives it a shot- No harm intended, mods.

It means shits and giggles.

We know many pharmaceuticals with ridiculously unbalanced side-effects have slipped through the FDA's guidelines. So, what is the worst, most humorous, or most unusual side-effect you've heard of on brand-name drugs?

My favorite was a psoriasis pill introduced last year, with no less than the possibility of death! Like a promise of gene-pool cleansing...
There are some awesome ones on http://www.crazymeds.org/

Like a couple antipsychotics can cause women to lactate as though they were pregnant. Tricyclic antidepressants can supposedly cause testicles to swell in rare cases. Lithium can in very rare cases numb your skin and make you unable to move your limbs. Depakote can possibly cause irreversible deafness. Carbamazepine can cause you to be able to get drunk off water(sign me up!). Gabitril can cause you to lose your sense of taste. Strattera can supposedly cause pain during ejaculation.

I wub the crazymeds site...

On Zoloft one of the side effects is may cause suicidal tendencies. I thought I was taking this shit to keep me from killing myself?

Explains half my teen years.

I think Zoloft or one of those anti-social anxiety pills has side effects including uncontrollable diarrhea. And you thought you didn't have any friends before...

That hair growth pill a few years back that said that broken pills shouldn't be handled by women who where or could be pregnant. What the hell is in that....?

That hair growth pill a few years back that said that broken pills shouldn't be handled by women who where or could be pregnant. What the hell is in that....?
Well, if it's a chemical for causing growth, I can see how it might be teratogenic or something.

Freaky Rare Side Effects : Lexapro (escitalopram oxalate) hasn't been on the market long enough for the really freaky side effects to come out, so we're stuck with uncontrolled eye movement and excessive discharge of breast milk when there shouldn't be any breast milk at all.

Fine, fine. I suppose you could deal with these for a while. Still, who wouldn't be creeped out when seeing their once normal eye wandering in the mirror.

I found out that the pain killer nimesulide - prescribed to me after outpatient surgery - adds a neon yellow tint to urine. It looked like if I there was uranium glass in my urine. (Google "uranium glass", it's real.)

Later, I read from the newspaper that nimesulide was pulled out from the market, because some people had had a liver reaction to it.

One of the heterocyclic antidepressants has, among other side effects, a slight possibility of causing patients to orgasm when they yawn.

Versed is my favorite.

It makes people forget what happens while they are sedated (while they are still able to answer questions).

So you can ask them questions, and they won't remember you asked them. They are also uninhibited, so they are likely to answer almost any question.

It's a common anesthesia drug in outpatient surgery, and favored because the patient won't remember the events of the surgery.

There's an ad on TV for a psoriasis drug that includes possibility of Tuberculosis and Lymphoma as side effects. Well, my lungs are destroyed and I have cancer, but my skin looks fabulous!

Well, if it's a chemical for causing growth, I can see how it might be teratogenic or something.
It blocks dihydrotestosterone, so it interferes with sex homone balance. This can cause problems with the fetus' sex organs.

I was prescribed seroxat for depression about four years ago, but unfortunately one of the side affects was to make me more depressed!!!

(I'm all better now BTW!)

I was prescribed seroxat for depression about four years ago, but unfortunately one of the side affects was to make me more depressed!!!

(I'm all better now BTW!)

because your off them?

because your off them?

Well that, and I've managed to deal with the issues that were causing me to be depressed, and now I'm generally quite happy!!!

two different colored eyes. my allergist has Glacoma and this is a side-effect he has from his medication.

Hey, no one's yet metioned the most famous side effect - Sidenafil Citrate was a drug tested by Pfizer for treatment of heart problems which was found to have the unusual side effect of causing an increase in male errectile function during testing. Thus was born viagra, a drug which is sold and marketed for the side effect.

There is nifty little asthema drug out there (Bricanyl?) with the listed rare side effect of enducing psychotic rage. Out of the small sample of my friends who tried it some years ago when we came accross a presciption was 4 out 4 experienced the pyschotic rage. Ah for the carefree days of youth.

According to one commercial, women should not take birth control pills if they are pregnant or trying to become pregnant. If you already are pregnant, isn't it a little late? And if you're trying to become pregnant... well, are people really that stupid?

Oh, and another commercial for some kind of drug tells you to notify your doctor if you have bad diarrhea. Does that mean there is such a thing as good diarrhea?

Last year I ended up in the ER because I had a dystonic reaction to COmpazine. If you don't know what it is, let me know. I can give you great detail!

All the drugs that force people to become homosexual, that is worse then like death as a side effect...

All the drugs that force people to become homosexual, that is worse then like death as a side effect...

Only to filth such as you.

One of the heterocyclic antidepressants has, among other side effects, a slight possibility of causing patients to orgasm when they yawn.

Sign me up!

All the drugs that force people to become homosexual, that is worse then like death as a side effect...

How would a drug "force" you to become homosexual?

If you already are pregnant, isn't it a little late?
If you take an abnormally high dose it can act as an abortificant, I believe.

All the drugs that force people to become homosexual, that is worse then like death as a side effect...
Actually drinking water makes you homosexual. It's true. All homosexuals drink water. Especially fancy bottled water. If I were you I'd switch to more wholsome, family oriented beverages, like vodka.

Actually drinking water makes you homosexual. It's true. All homosexuals drink water. Especially fancy bottled water. If I were you I'd switch to more wholsome, family oriented beverages, like vodka.

http://www.sexisforfags.com/

Well, the side effect for GHB is waking up with your pants around your ankles, a sore anus, and a smear of bloody Vaseline in your asscrack.

MDMA taken in large amounts over a period of about 8 hours or so makes you start to forget EVERYTHING - where you are, how you got there, what your friend just said, how to tie your laces... It comes back after you've been to sleep though.

I tried a Viagra 50mg, just for S&G's, and I had to be rushed to the hospital for having a 6 hour erection. It hurt! :(
Well, priapism is a possible side effect of any erection-inducing drug.

On Zoloft one of the side effects is may cause suicidal tendencies. I thought I was taking this shit to keep me from killing myself?
Only according to a flawed experiment.

There's an ad on TV for a psoriasis drug that includes possibility of Tuberculosis and Lymphoma as side effects. Well, my lungs are destroyed and I have cancer, but my skin looks fabulous!
What? How the hell can a drug put Mycobacterium tuberculosis into your body? That's a ridiculous claim. Also, interestingly enough, M. tuberculosis can also effect the lymphatic system, as well as other areas. Even if pulmonary tuberculosis is the most common, it can affect many other places, including the central nervous system and the circulatory system.

What? How the hell can a drug put Mycobacterium tuberculosis into your body? That's a ridiculous claim. Also, interestingly enough, M. tuberculosis can also effect the lymphatic system, as well as other areas. Even if pulmonary tuberculosis is the most common, it can affect many other places, including the central nervous system and the circulatory system.
It increases your risk of contracting tuberculosis. Lowers your resistance to that and seveal other infections. Tuberculosis is the only infection mentioned by name in the commercial.