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. 2019 Mar 22;22(3):142–147. doi: 10.1016/j.cjtee.2019.01.009

Table 1.

Description and side effects of the drugs.

Drugs Descriptions Side effects
Insulin
  • To treat diabetes mellitus

  • To decrease blood glucose

  • Blurry vision; confusion; tachycardia; neurological deficits

Nitroglycerin
  • To treat high blood pressure during surgery

  • To control congestive heart failure associated with heart attack

  • To treat chest pain in certain patients

  • Numbness; prickling; difficult or labored breathing; headache; tightness in the chest; rapid heart rate; feeling faint, dizzy; unusual tiredness or weakness; hypotension

Aspirin
  • To treat minor aches and pains

  • To decrease the risk of stroke, heart attack, and death associated with stroke or heart attack

  • Nausea; tachycardia; hypotension; dizziness; seizures; confusion

Gemfibrozil
  • To help reduce cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood.

  • To treat very high cholesterol and triglyceride levels in people with pancreatitis.

  • To lower the risk of stroke, heart attack, or other heart complications in people with high cholesterol and triglycerides

  • Headache; nausea; diarrhea; dizziness; fatigue, vertigo; heartburn; blurred vision

Enalapril
  • To treat high blood pressure in adults and children who are at least 1 month old

  • To treat congestive heart failure in adults

  • To treat a disorder of the ventricles

  • Blurred vision; confusion; dizziness; faintness; unusual tiredness or weakness; lightheadedness; chest pain

Propranolol
  • To treat tremors, angina (chest pain), hypertension, heart rhythm disorders, and other heart or circulatory conditions

  • Difficulty with breathing; tightness in the chest; fatigue and/or lassitude; sleep disturbances; sleep disorder; dyspnea; depressive symptoms

Captopril
  • To treat hypertension, congestive heart failure, kidney problems caused by diabetes

  • To improve survival after a heart attack.

  • Chest pain; fast, pounding, or irregular; heartbeat or pulse; low blood pressure; troubled breathing or wheezing; unusual tiredness or weakness; vomiting and nausea; dizziness; Sleep disorder; disturbed vision, dry eye, itchy eye

Levothyroxine
  • To regulate the body's energy and metabolism

  • To treat hypothyroidism

  • To treat or prevent goiter

  • Chest pain or discomfort; difficult or labored breathing; extreme fatigue; fainting; fast, slow, irregular, pounding, or racing heartbeat or pulse; nausea; tightness in the chest; tremors; blurred or double vision; dizziness; eye pain; severe headache; seizures

Glibenclamide
  • To treat type 2 diabetes

  • Diarrhea; dizziness; headache; heartburn; nausea; trouble breathing; hypoglycemia; confusion; dizziness; feeling anxious; headache; blurred vision; fast heart rate; loss of consciousness; feeling unusually weak or tired

Atenolol
  • To treat angina (chest pain) and hypertension

  • To lower the risk of death after a heart attack

  • Cardiac failure; bradycardia; dizziness; fatigue; blurred vision; confusion; difficult or labored breathing; tightness in chest; unusual tiredness or weakness; anxiety; slow or irregular heartbeat; dizziness; feeling tired