Nimesulide and meloxicam are a safe alternative drugs for patients intolerant to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 393-396

  Senna, Gian Enrico ^a   Passalacqua, Giovanni ^b   Dama, Annarita ^a   Crivellaro, Mariangiola ^a   Schiappoli, Michele ^a   Bonadonna, Patrizia ^a   Canonica, Giorgio Walter ^b  

^a Verona General Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Meloxicam; Nimesulide; Nonsteroidal antinflammatory drugs; Oral challenge; Pseudoallergic reactions

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ARYLPROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DICLOFENAC; MELOXICAM; NIMESULIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PIROXICAM; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASTHMA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SULFONAMIDES; THIAZINES; THIAZOLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URTICARIA;

EID: 0346966881     PISSN: 03979148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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