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Vertigo Caused by Medication
Aka: Vertigo Caused by Medication, Medication Causes of Vertigo, Drug-Induced Vertigo- See Also
- Background
- Medications are responsible for 23% of persistent Dizziness in elderly patients
- Polypharmacy with more than 5 medications increases the Dizziness risk
- Causes: Cardiovascular Agents
- Class Ia Antiarrhythmics (Quinidine, Imipramine, Amiodarone, Disopyramide)
- Antihypertensives (esp. Beta Blockers)
- Diuretics (e.g. Lasix)
- Digoxin
- Nitroglycerin
- Causes: Endocrine Agents
- Antithyroid Drug
- Oral Hypoglycemic Agents (esp. SGLT2 Inhibitors such as Invokana)
- Causes: Hematologic Agents
- Salicylates or Aspirin (Ototoxicity)
- Dipyridamole (e.g. Aggrenox)
- Causes: Infectious Disease Agents
- Causes: Neurologic Agents
- Causes: Psychiatric agents
- Causes: Miscellaneous
- References