Hey guys, I'm loving FC but does anyone have any advice on how to handle drug side effects? They trip me up so badly. For example, a lot of the AntiHTN cards in the cardiovascular section will ask for side effects, and even if I try to find a trend, one card will have (flushing and edema) and another card will have (headache, flushing, dizziness), etc. such that the SE's are very similar.
Another example would be the sympatholytics topic, which asks for these side effects:
Clonidine/methyldopa: sedation, dry mouth, rebound hypertension
Hexamethonium: urinary retention, glaucoma, dry mouth, blurry vision, orthostatic hypotension
Reserpine: depression, nasal congestion, nausea, hypotension, bradycardia
Prazosin: orthostatic hypotension, reflex tachy, headache, dizziness
Sometimes I try to reverse-engineer the answer based on the mechanism of the drug, and I'll get maybe two side effects right out of 5 or 6, and I just have no idea how to score the questions. It's driving me crazy. I'm not sure if other people are able to see these 3 or 4 times and have them memorized cold, but I'm definitely having trouble doing so. How do you guys handle this?