Med. praxi. 2011;8(4):168-171
Drug-induced acute pancreatitis belonngs to relatively rare gastrointestinal adverse drug reactions. Both published papers and our own
results show higher incidence of drug-induced acute pancreatitis in patients suffering inflammatory bowel diseases than in general
population. However, causes of this remain unknown. The most threatened patients seems to be females suffering Crohn`s disease, the
most dangerous drugs being azathioprine and mesalazine. The risk of other drugs is significantly lower.
Published: May 1, 2011 Show citation