Rheumatic manifestations of current pharmacopeia.
Patient complaints arising as manifestations of medication side effects are commonly encountered in clinical practice. A rheumatologist must routinely consider side effects of drugs in the differential diagnosis of many symptoms. This review will remind the reader of certain well-described and some newly reported side effects commonly encountered in an internal medicine practice. Focal points incude arthralgias/arthritis, myopathy/myositis, ANA/drug-induced lupus, bone loss/osteoporosis, and tendon rupture.
Brenner
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Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York University Medical Center, 560 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Solitar
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Golden
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D018771:Arthralgia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology; D001168:Arthritis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000453:epidemiology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors