Adverse Reactions and Gastrointestinal Tract
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چکیده
Adverse drug reactions are common and there is an increasing interest in recognizing them. There are several studies that try to identify epidemiology, true incidence in hospitalized and not hospitalized patients and the main concerns about their causes and possible solutions. Gastrointestinal tract, mainly haemorrhages and peptic disease are the most common site of adverse drug reactions; that ́s the reason why we should recognize this problem and how to manage. Also we try to review the most common drugs affecting gastrointestinal tract. Less common and, usually less severe, liver disease and pancreatitis can be produced by adverse drug reactions. In this chapter we review theses aspects of adverse drug events, particularly, those related to drugs affecting gastrointestinal tract.
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