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Year : 2012  |  Volume : 44  |  Issue : 4  |  Page : 523--525

Stavudine induced acute necrotizing pancreatitis with tetany in a pediatric patient

Mahendra K Patel1, Manish J Barvaliya1, Tejas K Patel2, CB Tripathi1 
1 Department of Pharmacology, Government Medical College, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
2 Department of Pharmacology, GMERS Medical College, Gotri, Vadodara, Gujarat, India

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C B Tripathi
Department of Pharmacology, Government Medical College, Bhavnagar, Gujarat
India

A nine year old female patient presented with complaints of severe colicky abdominal pain, vomiting, and tingling with numbness for 3 days. Acute necrotizing pancreatitis associated with tetany due to anti-retroviral therapy was diagnosed. Stavudine was the probable causal agent. Unfortunately, the patient died due to severity of the reaction. High index of suspicion and early withdrawal of the offending drug may prevent further harm in such cases.


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Patel MK, Barvaliya MJ, Patel TK, Tripathi C B. Stavudine induced acute necrotizing pancreatitis with tetany in a pediatric patient.Indian J Pharmacol 2012;44:523-525


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Patel MK, Barvaliya MJ, Patel TK, Tripathi C B. Stavudine induced acute necrotizing pancreatitis with tetany in a pediatric patient. Indian J Pharmacol [serial online] 2012 [cited 2023 Sep 26 ];44:523-525
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