Antidopaminergic drugs and acute pancreatitis: a population-based study.

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Robert BodénRickard Ljung

Abstract

To evaluate the suggested association between antidopaminergic drugs and acute pancreatitis. A large population-based nested case-control study. Swedish nationwide study from 2006 to 2008. The Patient Register was used to identify 6161 cases of acute pancreatitis. The 61 637 control subjects were randomly selected from the Register of the Total Population by frequency-based density sampling, matched for age, sex and calendar year. Exposure data were extracted from the Prescribed Drug Register. Antidopaminergic drugs were grouped into antiemetic/anxiolytic and other antipsychotics. Current use of antidopaminergic drugs was defined as filling a prescription 1-114 days before index date, while previous use was 115 days to 3.5 years before index date. Cases were defined as being diagnosed as having acute pancreatitis. ORs and 95% CIs were calculated using unconditional logistic regression. The unadjusted OR indicated an increased risk of acute pancreatitis among current users of antiemetic/anxiolytics (OR 1.9, 95% CI 1.4 to 2.6), but not in the multivariable model adjusting for alcohol-related comorbidity, chronic obstructive lung disease, ischaemic heart disease, obesity, diabetes, opioid use, gallstone disease, educational level,...Continue Reading

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Feb 22, 2014·Pancreatology : Official Journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et Al.]·Marc van den HeeverJohn Windsor
Nov 3, 2016·Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety·Dan RazaviRickard Ljung

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