Biolab Streptomycin Sulfate Adverse Reactions

Patients should be observed for the following reactions: fever, skin eruptions, paresthesias about the face and head, conjunctive irritation and renal irritation. Skin eruptions and other allergic reactions can often be controlled by antihistamines. Patients sensitive to streptomycin usually tolerate dihydrostreptomycin well. If neither measure affords relief, antibiotic therapy may have to be discontinued. Vertigo, blurring of vision, or other indications of vestibular dysfunction may persist in varying degrees for days or weeks, but such changes are usually not permanent. Caloric tests or other tests of vestibular function should be carried out if the patient complains of these symptoms. When vestibular disturbances occur, it may be preferable to continue therapy with dihydrostreptomycin. In patients with severe dysfunctions, the desire to entirely stop antibiotic therapy should be weighed against the prognosis if the drug be withheld.