Tridione
Tridione Side Effects Center
This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
What is Patient Information in Detail?
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Tridione in Detail - Patient Information: Side Effects
If you experience any of the following serious side effects, stop taking trimethadione and seek emergency medical attention or contact your doctor immediately:
- an allergic reaction (difficulty breathing; closing of the throat; swelling of the lips, tongue, or face; or hives);
- a rash;
- worsening of seizures;
- sore throat or fever;
- changes in vision;
- easy or unusual bleeding or bruising;
- bleeding nose; or
- extreme drowsiness or dizziness.
Other, less serious side effects may be more likely to occur. Continue to take trimethadione and talk to your doctor if you experience
- mild dizziness, poor coordination, or drowsiness;
- blurred or double vision, or irregular back-and-forth movements of the eyes;
- decreased appetite, nausea, or vomiting; or
- increased sensitivity of the skin to sunlight.
Side effects other than those listed here may also occur. Talk to your doctor about any side effect that seems unusual or that is especially bothersome.
Read the entire detailed patient monograph for Tridione (Trimethadione Tablets) »
What is Prescribing information?
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Tridione FDA Prescribing Information: Side Effects
(Adverse Reactions)
SIDE EFFECTS
The following side effects, some of them serious, have been associated with the use of TRIDIONE (trimethadione).
Gastrointestinal
Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, gastric distress.
CNS/Neurologic
Drowsiness, fatigue, malaise, insomnia, vertigo, headache, paresthesias, precipitation of grand mal seizures, increased irritability, personality changes.
Drowsiness usually subsides with continued therapy. If it persists, a reduction in dosage is indicated.
Hematologic
Bleeding gums, epistaxis, retinal and petechial hemorrhages, vaginal bleeding, neutropenia, leukopenia, eosinophilia, thrombocytopenia, pancytopenia, agranulocytosis, hypoplastic anemia, and fatal aplastic anemia.
Dermatologic
Acneiform or morbilliform skin rash that may progress to exfoliative dermatitis or to severe forms of erythema multiforme.
Other
Hiccups, anorexia, weight loss, hair loss, changes in blood pressure, albuminuria, hemeralopia, photophobia, diplopia.
Fatal nephrosis has occurred.
Hepatitis has been reported rarely.
Lupus erythematosus, and lymphadenopathies simulating malignant lymphoma, have been reported.
Pruritus associated with lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly has occurred in hypersensitive individuals.
A myasthenia gravis-like syndrome has been reported.
Read the entire FDA prescribing information for Tridione (Trimethadione Tablets) »
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