Bone marrow toxicity |
Neutropenia (most common, usually reversible) |
Thrombocytopenia (dose related, usually reversible) |
Anemia (rare) |
Hepatic toxicity |
Cirrhosis & fibrosis |
Pulmonary toxicity |
Opportunistic infections |
PCP, CMV, herpes zoster, fungal, mycobacterial, etc |
Noninfectious conditions |
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis |
Organizing pneumonia (previously called bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia or BOOP) |
Acute lung injury (noncardiogenic pulmonary edema) |
Pulmonary fibrosis |
Asthma/hyperreactive airways disease |
Pleuritis and/or pleural effusion |
Miscellaneous |
Oligospermia |
Teratogenicity |
Malignancy |
CMV: cytomegalovirus; PCP: Pneumocystis pneumonia.
* Major adverse effects are defined as potentially life threatening (incidence <1%) or requiring withdrawal of treatment (incidence 3 to 15%).Do you want to add Medilib to your home screen?