Secnidazole-Induced Acute Pancreatitis: A New Side-Effect for an Old Drug?

  • Raoudha Slim Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine of Sousse. Sousse, Tunisia
  • Chaker Ben Salem Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine of Sousse. Sousse, Tunisia
  • Michele Zamy Pharmacovigilance Regional Center, Saint Antoine Hospital. Paris, France
  • Neila Fathallah Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine of Sousse. Sousse, Tunisia
  • Jean-Jacques Raynaud Department of Gastroenterology, Avicenne Hospital. Paris, France
  • Kamel Bouraoui Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine of Sousse. Sousse, Tunisia
  • Michel Biour Pharmacovigilance Regional Center, Saint Antoine Hospital. Paris, France
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6092/1590-8577/3880
Keywords: Drug Toxicity, Pancreatitis, secnidazole

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Image: Skeletal formula of secnidazole (Author: Fvasconcellos; Wikimedia Commons)

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Skeletal formula of secnidazole
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2016-07-13
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SlimR., Ben SalemC., ZamyM., FathallahN., RaynaudJ.-J., BouraouiK., & BiourM. (2016). Secnidazole-Induced Acute Pancreatitis: A New Side-Effect for an Old Drug?. JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, 11(1), 85-86. https://doi.org/10.6092/1590-8577/3880
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Vol 11 No 1 (2010): January - P. 1-94
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