title: Medication-associated gastrointestinal tract injury.
abstract: Medication-associated gastrointestinal (GI) tract injury has been known for centuries for some medications. The more recently introduced biologicals are a class of drugs that constantly increases, and as such, the spectrum of GI tract side effects is steadily growing. This review covers not only long-known GI tract side effects of drugs but also those more recently described. A comprehensive but concise list of medications used in daily practice and associated with GI tract injury is presented.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Pathology, Klinikum Bayreuth, Preuschwitzer Str. 101, 95445, Bayreuth, Germany. vieth.lkpathol@uni-bayreuth.de.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vieth
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Weinberg 2242, 401 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21231, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Montgomery
mesh_terms: D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans
keywords: Biologicals; Gastrointestinal (GI); Generic and trade names; Injury; Medication