Deferoxamine mesylate

Side effects and indications

Whenever possible, frequency information about the side effects was extracted from the labels. Aggregated frequency information for the drug and, if available, placebo is shown. To the right, you can click on shaded boxes to be taken to mentions of the side effect on the label. (In some cases, the side effect cannot be highlighted due to conversion problems.) Information about indications was extracted from the indications and usage sections of the labels.

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Side effect Data for drug Placebo Labels
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Abdominal pain def rare x x x x
Anaphylactic shock def rare x x x x
Angioedema def rare x x x x
Arthralgia def rare x x x x
Asthma def rare x x x x
Bone disorder def rare x
Connective tissue disorder def rare x
Corneal opacity def rare x
Deafness def rare x
Diarrhoea def rare x x x x
Dizziness def rare x x x x
Oedema def rare x x x x
Rash def rare x x x x
Eye disorder def rare x
Body temperature increased def rare x x x x
Gastroenteritis def rare x
Gastrointestinal disorder def rare x
Headache def rare x x x x
Deafness neurosensory def rare x x x x
Blood disorder def rare x x x x
Hypotension def rare x x x x
Mediastinal disorder def rare x
Mucormycosis def rare x x x x
Nausea def rare x x x x
Nervous system disorder def rare x
Neuritis def rare x x x x
Night blindness def rare x x x x
Optic neuritis def rare x x x x
Pain def rare x x x x
Paraesthesia def rare x x x x
Pruritus def rare x x x x
Retinal degeneration def rare x
Scotoma def rare x x x x
Swelling def rare x x x x
Tinnitus def rare x x x x
Erythema def rare x x x x
Urinary tract disorder def rare x
Urticaria def rare x x x x
Angiopathy def rare x
Yersinia infection def rare x x x x
Encephalopathy def rare x x x x
Cataract def rare x x x x
Growth retardation def rare x x x x
Injection site reaction def rare x x x x
Bone pain def rare x
Scab rare x x x x
Dialysis dementia def rare x x x x
Immobile def rare x
Myalgia def rare x x x x
Visual acuity reduced rare x
Lung infiltration rare x
Renal impairment def rare x x
Vision blurred def rare x x x x
Blindness def rare x x x x
Chromatopsia rare x
Respiratory distress def rare x x x
Rash generalised rare x x x x
Eschar rare x x x x
Serum creatinine increased postmarketing x
Dissecting aortic aneurysm, thoracic rare x
Cyanosis def x x x
Dyspnoea def x x x
Dysuria def x x x
Hypersensitivity def x x x
Immune system disorder def x
Infection def x x x x
Renal failure acute def x
Cramps of lower extremities x x
Leukopenia def x x x
Cramp muscle def x x
Acute respiratory distress syndrome def x x
Retinal disorder def x x x
Seizures def x
Muscle spasms def x
Tachycardia def x x x
Thrombocytopenia def x x x x
Renal tubular disorder def x
Welts def x x x
Abdominal discomfort x x x
Discomfort def x x x
Metaphyseal dysplasia x x x x
Induration def x x x
Dysplasia def x x x x
Neuropathy def x x x
Visual disturbance x x x
Infestation NOS x
Dyschromatopsia x x x
Hepatic impairment x
Hearing impaired def x x x
Indication Labels
Acidosis def x x x
Anaemia def x x x x
Chronic iron overload x x x x
Disease progression def x x x
Fibrosis def x x x
Haemochromatosis def x x x
Hepatic fibrosis x x x
Hereditary haemochromatosis def x x x
Intoxication x x x
Iron overload def x x x x
Renal failure def x
Shock def x x
Thalassaemia def x x x
Vomiting def x x x

Information

More information: STITCH, PubChem and possibly Wikipedia

ATC Code: V03AC01

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Labels

Labels were obtained from different sources and potentially contain different sets of side effects. If you click on the label name, a HTML version of the label will be shown with proteins, chemicals and side efffects highlighted using Reflect.

  1. Deferoxamine : 60 side effects (FDA XML label)
  2. DEFEROXAMINE MESYLATE / DESFERAL : 63 side effects (Drugs@FDA)
  3. DEFEROXAMINE : 65 side effects (FDA XML label)
  4. DEFEROXAMINE MESYLATE / PMS-DEFEROXAMINE : 66 side effects (Health Canada)