Exabet Side Effects

Fluid and electrolyte disturbances: Sodium retention, fluid retention, congestive heart failure in susceptible patients, potassium loss, hypokalemic alkalosis, hypertension.
Musculoskeletal: Muscle weakness, steroid's myopathy, loss of muscle mass, osteoporosis, vertebral compression fractures, aseptic necrosis of femoral and humeral heads, pathologic fracture of long bones.
Gastrointestinal: Peptic ulcer with possible subsequent perforation and haemorrhage, pancreatitis, abdominal distension, ulcerative esophagitis.
Dermatologic: Impaired wound healing, thin fragile skin, petechiae and ecchymoses, erythema, increase sweating, possible suppressed reactions to skin tests.
Neurological: Convulsions, increased intracranial pressure with papilledema (pseudotumor cerebri) usually after treatment, vertigo, headache, psychic disturbances.
Endocrine: Menstrual irregularities, development of cushingoid state, suppression of growth in children, secondary adrenocortical and pituitary unresponsiveness particularly in times of stress as in trauma, surgery, or illness, decreased carbohydrate tolerance, manifestations of latent diabetes mellitus, increased requirements for insulin or oral hypoglycemic agents in diabetics.
Ophthalmic: Posterior subcapsular cataracts, increased intraocular pressure, glaucoma, exopthalmos.
Metabolic: Negative nitrogen balance due to protein catabolism.
Cardiovascular: Myocardial rupture following recent myocardial infarction.
Other: Hypersensitivity, thromboembolism, weight gain, increased appetite, nausea, malaise, hiccups.