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Phenytoin
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Phenytoin
Phenytoin
Drug details
Drug classAntiepileptic
Conditions linked to this drug
7Listed side effects / symptoms
31- Behaviour: Bizarre Or Strange
- Blood Dyscrasia (Disorder Of Cellular Formation Of Blood)
- Blood Glucose Levels High or Increased (Hyperglycaemia, Hyperglycemia)
- Blood Pressure Below Normal (Hypotension)
- Cerebellar Atrophy
- Coarse Facies (Face)
- Distal Sensory Loss: Peripheral Neuropathy
- Dizziness or a Spinning Sensation (Vertigo)
- Drowsiness
- Eyes Uncontrollable Constant Movement (Nystagmus)
- Gingival Hyperplasia
- Gingival Hypertrophy
- Hair Growth Excessive (Hirsutism)
- Insomnia
- Mind: Agitation
- Mind: Confusion
- Mind: Developmental Delay
- Mind: Hallucination
- Movement Disorder
- Movement: Muscle Coordination Loss (Ataxia)
- Nausea
- Osteomalacia (Softening Of The Bone)
- Skin Dying or Dead (Necrosis)
- Skin Eruption (Exanthem)
- Skin: Blistering Of The Epidermis
- Skin: Lupus Rash
- Skin: Severe And Serious Skin Rash (Stevens-Johnson Syndrome)
- Vein Collapse at site of Injection (Thrombophlebitis)
- Vision Blurred
- Vision Double (Diplopia)
- Vomiting
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