Other reported problems include skin ailments, kidney damage, hypertension, central-nervous-system disorders, insomnia and nausea.

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But gentamicin's severe side effects of deafness and kidney damage make it undesirable for long-term treatment in children.

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The new label adds a clearer warning regarding the risk of rare muscle-weakening side effects that can lead to kidney damage or death.

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Unfortunately, some quack doctors have experimented with chelation therapy on autistic children, despite that fact that it can cause deadly liver and kidney damage, and one of them caused the death of a 5-year-old boy in 2005.

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Baycol, a statin once sold by Bayer (nyse: BAY - news - people ), was pulled from the market after muscle damage caused kidney problems and death in dozens of patients.

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Heart attacks and strokes, kidney failure, nerve damage, blindness and vascular problems leading to amputation are among the long-term complications when the disease isn't well controlled.

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Sackner-Bernstein's data indicate Natrecor increases the risk of kidney enzyme elevation, a warning sign for damage, by 40% or more.

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