. 2017 Apr 25;8(8):253–258. doi: 10.1177/2042098617705625

Table 1.

Drugs causing intolerance with description of reactions in study population.

S/No	Sex	Age	HBP drugs	Reaction	Other drugs	Remarks^b
1	F	58 years	Atenolol	‘Bad’^a	Cataflam	Moduretic daily
			Nifedipine	Backache^c	C/Col	Carvedilol 3.125 mg daily
			Moduretic	Cough^c		(No co-morbidity)
2	F	64 years	Norvasc	Headache	Maldox	Miniplus daily
			Diovan	‘Terrible’^a		Norvasc 10 mg daily
			Amlovas	Very weak^c		(Co-morbid diabetes)
			Zestoretic	Dizzy
			Telmisartan	Body pain^c
			Inderal	Plantar pain^c
			Tritazide	Body pain^c
			Arbitel – H	Body itching^c
3	M	66 years	Miniplus	Tinnitus^c	Ciproflox	Nebilong 5 mg daily
			Rosart	Headache^c	Erythromycin	(Co-morbid depression)
			Atenolol	Tight chest
			Exforge HCT	Body pain^c
			Norvasc	‘Bad’^a
			Moduretic	Body pain^c
			Nebilong-H	Tinnitus^c
4	F	34 years	Thiapril	Tinnitus^c	Depo-Provera	Ramitace 2.5 mg in 3 days
			Lofral	Epigastric pain^c	Fansidar	(Co-morbid PMS)
			Ramitace	Dizziness	Zaditen
			Miniplus	Palpitations^c	Amiodarone
			Tritace	Chest pain^c	Tryptizol
5	F	63 years	Atenolol	Palpitations^c	Amoxyl	Asomex 2.5 mg 5 days/weeks
			Losartan	Heartburn^c	Rosuvastatin	Aldactone 25 mg 2 days/weeks
			Thiapril	Cough		(Co-morbid depression)
			Asomex	Head ache
			Miniplus	Insomnia^c
			Tenoric	Head ache^c
6	F	54 years	Sinepress	Flushing	Cognitol	Moduretic daily
			Atenolol	‘Bad’^a	Coenzyme Q10	Atenolol 25 mg in 3 days
			Moduretic	Palpitations^c	Eve	(Co-morbid PMS)
7	M	62 years	Miniplus	‘Bad’^a	Crestor	Plendil 5 mg daily
			Moduretic	Chest pain^c	Aldactone 12.5 mg daily
			Co-Diovan	Body pain^c	(Co-morbid Met Syn)
8	F	66 years	Atenolol	Palpitations^c	Oruvail	Hydrex 50 mg daily
			Nifedipine	Insomnia^c		(Co-morbid Rh. Dx)
			Junolol	Palpitations^c
			Cascor	Insomnia^c
			Hydrex	Palpitations^c
9	F	68 years	Rosart	Body pain^c	Nil	Tenoric 25 mg alt day
			Miniplus	Tinnitus^c		S/amlodipine 2.5 mg daily
			Carvedilol	Catarrh^c
			Atenolol	Headache^c
10	F	65 years	Cladipine	Headache	Nil	No drug
			Tenoretic	Dry skin	Nil
			Thiapril	Carpal spasms^c
11	M	38 years	Cardvedilol	Headache^c	Nil	Miniplus daily
			Acefex	Headache
			Arbitel H	Headache^c
12	M	63 years	Miniplus	Heaviness^c	Nil	Hyporetic daily
			Amlodipine	Heaviness^c		Aldactone 25 mg daily
			Hyporetic	Head ache^c		Lasix 40 mg daily
			Twynstar	‘Bad’^a		(Co-morbid Stroke)
13	F	54 years	Lisinopril	Headache^c	Nil	Nebilong 2.5 mg weekly
			Moduretic	‘Bad’^a
			Aldomet	Lethargy
			Amlodipine	‘Bad’^a
			Nebilong-H	Headache^c
14	F	56 years	Aldactone	Giddiness^c	Dolobid	Aldactone 25 mg bid
			Thiapril	Weight gain^c	Perfloxacin	(Co-morbid MetSyn)
			Asomex	Body pain^c
			Cardrex	Ankle swelling
			Lisofil	Wheezing
			Carvedilol	‘Bad’^a
			Diovan	Headache^c
15	M	71 years	Diovan	Giddiness	Aloe vera	Cilzec 40 mg in 3 days
			Co-diovan	Body rash^c	Voltaren	(Co-morbid Met Syn)
			Moduretic	Joint pains	Cashew nuts
			Aldomet	Body rash^c
			Asomex	Palpitation
			Losium	Body itching^c
			Brinerdin	Body rash
			Arbitel H	‘Bad’^a

‘Bad’ and ‘Terrible’ were terms used by patients to describe reactions that they could not clearly describe.

Drugs under remarks column are current regimen.

Indicates reactions not readily anticipated from pharmacology and considered Type B or off-target. C/Col, chloramphenicol; F, female; M, male; Met Syn, metabolic syndrome; Nebilong-H, nebivolol + hydrochlorothiazide; PMS, premenstrual syndrome; Rh. Dx, rheumatoid disease.