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Table 38-1

Drugs Associated with Edema Formation

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

Antihypertensive agents

 Direct arterial/arteriolar vasodilators

 Hydralazine

 Clonidine

 Methyldopa

 Guanethidine

 Minoxidil

Calcium channel antagonists

 α-Adrenergic antagonists

 Thiazolidinediones

Steroid hormones

 Glucocorticoids

 Anabolic steroids

 Estrogens

 Progestins

Cyclosporine

Growth hormone

Immunotherapies

Interleukin 2

 OKT3 monoclonal antibody

Source: From Chertow GM, in Braunwald E, Goldman L (eds): Primary Cardiology, 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Saunders, 2003.