title: [Drug side effects on the nasal mucosa and sense of smell].
abstract: Several drugs may induce pathologic changes of the nasal mucosa, especially at a long-term treatment. The clinical appearance of an allergic or vasomotoric rhinopathy, a chronical hyperplastic or an atrophic rhinitis, hemorrhagic changes of the mucosa with the incidence of epistaxis or smelling disorders may be caused by several drugs. The ENT-specialist, therefore, should always take in consideration the various drugs, which the patient received but mostly have been prescribed by another doctor.
mesh_terms: D000281:Administration, Intranasal; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D006801:Humans; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects*; D000857:Olfaction Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced; D012221:Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial / Q000139:chemically induced; D012222:Rhinitis, Atrophic / Q000139:chemically induced; D012223:Rhinitis, Vasomotor / Q000139:chemically induced; D012903:Smell / Q000187:drug effects*
vernacular_title: Arzneimittelneben-wirkungen auf die Nasenschleimhaut und den Geruchssinn.