What is an unintended medical consequences? What is an example of one? Solution Unintended medical consequences are those outcomes which were unforeseen and not intended from a set of medical actions. Unintended medical consequences are threat to heath care and are required to be given close attention and deep examination of the causes. One of the example of unintended medical consequences is someone goes on diet and he eats fruits only. Instead of lessening his weight, his weight actually increased..