Pharmacogenomics of Hypersensitivity to Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs

Hypersensitivity to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in pediatric patients

Results Medical records of 104 individuals with a history of hypersensitivity to drugs were analyzed. NSAIDs were the primarily suspected drug in 50% of the cases. The mean age was 10.9 years, with a predominance of males (57.7%). All patients had cutaneous manifestations and isolated angioedema was observed in the majority (53.8%); respiratory symptoms were reported in 44% of cases and gastroi...

375 Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs Hypersensitivity: Patterns of Reaction

FL; Division of Allergy & Immunology, University of South. Background: The U.S.A. Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requires that graduate medical education programs in A/I prepare specialists to provide expert medical care for patients with A/I disorders. The A/I intensive education course (boot camp) program was implemented at the University of South Florida (USF) t...

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

Safety of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are widely used in medical practice for treating pain, inflammation and degenerative joint diseases (for instance, arthritis). The use of traditional NSAIDs (tNSAIDs), however, is associated with an increased risk of minor and serious gastrointestinal (GI) events. It is estimated that in the European Union thousands of gastrointestinal complication...

[Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)].

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