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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.