24 g/ dag), som anvendes til behandling af trypanosoma brucei gambiense infektion (afrikansk sovesyge): hårtab, opsvulmning af ansigt, kramper, nedsat hørelse, gastrointestinale forstyrrelser, appetitløshed, hovedpine, svækkelse, svimmelhed, anæmi, trombocytopeni og leukopeni.
However, should very high dose cutaneous administration or accidental oral ingestion occur, attention should be paid to the effects seen with therapeutic doses of intravenous eflornithine (400 mg/ kg/ day or approximately 24 g/ day) used in the treatment of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense infection (African sleeping sickness): hair loss, facial swelling, seizures, hearing impairment, gastrointestinal disturbance, loss of appetite, headache, weakness, dizziness, anaemia, thrombocytopenia and leucopenia.