TY - JOUR T1 - Side effects JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 524 LP - 524 DO - 10.3399/bjgp14X681901 VL - 64 IS - 627 AU - Aldo Mariotto AU - Carlo Tiengo Y1 - 2014/10/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/64/627/524.abstract N2 - One morning a man woke up early with a sore throat. After a brief wrangle with the out-of-hours service he was prescribed antibiotics. These produced the unfortunate side effect of heartburn, alleviated with antacids, which in turn led to constipation, treated with laxatives. The result was abdominal spasms, subdued with spasmolytics, but these blurred his vision giving rise to glaucoma. Extensive use … ER -