Mefenamic acid: A possible cause of drug-induced acute pancreatitis.
Pancreatology 2015;
15:570-572. [PMID:
26347329 DOI:
10.1016/j.pan.2015.08.003]
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION
Drug-induced acute pancreatitis (AP) is rare, but as there are no systematic data on it, the true incidence is not known.
CASE REPORT
This case report is a first description of two episodes of AP occurring after administration and subsequent re-administration of mefenamic acid to a young woman without comorbidities. Other common causes of AP could be ruled out. With both episodes, the latency of AP was less than 24 h after drug intake.
CONCLUSION
Mefenamic acid should be considered as a possible cause of drug-induced AP.
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