Tenuate Diet Pills Side Effects

Abuse of amphetamines and related drugs, like Tenuate, may be associated with intense psychological dependence and severe social dysfunction. Signs suggestive of abuse include skin changes, irritability, hyperactivity, aggressiveness and personality changes. Prolonged use of Tenuate diet pills at doses much higher than therapeutic recommendations have led to psychosis not unlike that seen in Schizophrenia.

Acute overdosage of the drug will result in symptoms like: unusual restlessness, confusion, belligerence, hallucinations, and panic states. Fatigue and depression usually follow the central stimulation. It may also result in...

i) very low blood pressure or very high blood pressure

ii) nausea

iii) vomiting

iv) diarrhea

v) abdominal cramps.

Poisoning may result in convulsions, coma, and eventually, death.

The management of a Tenuate overdose is largely symptomatic. It includes hospitalization with intravenous sedation. If hypertension is noted, the use of a powerful anti-hypertensive may be administered under cardiovascular monitoring. There is no specific antidote or modality available to remove the drug from the system.