PANCREATITIS INDUCED BY CODEINE - A CASE-REPORT WITH POSITIVE RECHALLENGE

Authors
HASTIER P LONGO F BUCKLEY M CHICHMANIAN RM DELMONT JP
Citation
P. Hastier et al., PANCREATITIS INDUCED BY CODEINE - A CASE-REPORT WITH POSITIVE RECHALLENGE, Gut, 41(5), 1997, pp. 705-706
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Gut → ACNP
ISSN journal
00175749
Volume
41
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
705 - 706
Database
ISI
SICI code
0017-5749(1997)41:5<705:PIBC-A>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A woman who developed acute pancreatitis following ingestion of low do se codeine, with positive rechallenge, is described. As this is the fi rst case report of pancreatitis being induced solely by codeine, this side effect must be rare in view of the widespread consumption of this drug.