Open AccessDrug-induced pancreatitis: A rare manifestation of doxycycline administration
Author(s) -
Faisal Inayat,
Hafeez Ul Hassan Virk,
Dokyoung Yoon,
Iqra Riaz
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
north american journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2250-1541
pISSN - 1947-2714
DOI - 10.4103/1947-2714.174348
Subject(s) - medicine , doxycycline , pancreatitis , acute pancreatitis , nausea , epigastric pain , etiology , gastroenterology , drug , surgery , vomiting , pharmacology , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Drug-induced pancreatitis (DIP) is rare, but as there are no systematic data on it, the true incidence is not known. Although numerous and varied drugs have been associated with DIP, the clinical evidence on doxycycline-induced pancreatitis is sparse.