drugs that can cause pancreatitis??

[Guest guest]

Hi all, I know that this topic has been discussed before and I

didn't save it under my favorites. (sorry) But I am having elective

surgery in september and I need to know what drugs that can cause

pancreatitis. I tried to search the top5plus5 web-site but I

couldn't find such a list. Am I looking in the wrong place?? I

would appreciate it if someone could please list them for me again.

Thank you in advance.

Kris in TN

[Guest guest]

>I am having elective surgery in september and I need to know what drugs that

can cause

pancreatitis.

Kris,

This is a partial list. If I can find the others, I will send them along, too.

According to the Adverse Drug Reaction Bulletin,April 1994 and the

CurrentProblems in

Pharmacovigilance Vol 20: 2-3; NEJM1994: 1198.. " Other drugs associated with

acute

pancreatitis include, aspirin,azathioprine,cimetidine(Tagamet), didanosine,

erythromycin,

frusemide, methyldopa, metronidasole, nitrofurantoin, oestrogens, paracetamol,

pentamidine, rantidine (Zantac),sodium valproate, sulindac, sulponamides,

tetracyclines

and thiazide (ide) diuretics. "

Some others known are: Zithromax and Zocor.

Hope this helps.

With love, hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

South Carolina

SC & SE Regional Rep

PAI

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