Should the sale of analgesic mixtures and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents (NSAIDs) continue to be allowed as over-the-counter (OTC) medications?
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Robert D. Lindeman
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 1999
Description
The excessive use of analgesics and non-steroidal antiflammatory agents (NSAIDs) is strongly associated with an increased prevalence of chronic renal insufficiency, some cases requiring long term replacement therapy (dialysis/transplantation). Analgesic nephropathy (AN) is now a well defined entity characterized by papillary necrosis and/or chronic interstitial nephritis. The elderly are especially susceptible and more frequently use these medications. Although the overall incidence of AN is low considering the widespread usage and pain and suffering alleviated by their ready availability over-the-counter (OTC), the need, as public policy, to better protect our citizens by restricting free access to these drugs remains open to debate.
Geriatric Nephrology and Urology 9: 3–4, 1999. © 1999 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands. Accepted 6 January 1999
