UMEM Educational Pearls

Title: Tetracycline - oldie but goodie, remember its toxicity

Keywords: tetracycline (PubMed Search)

Posted: 10/23/2014 by Fermin Barrueto (Updated: 12/26/2024)
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Tetracycline has seen an increase in utilization due to its effectiveness in MRSA (check your local biogram). Remember its adverse effects/toxicity:

1) Photosensitivity

2) Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus

3) Pseudotumor cerebri

4) Myopia

5) Deposits in calcifying bone/teeth - do not use in pediatrics