Balancing the risks and benefits of the use of over-the-counter pain medications in children

Drug Safety

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1119-1125

  Brzaga Arencibia, Zeina ^a   Choonara, Imti ^b  

^a Childrens Hospital Eduardo Agramonte Pia   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Dipyrone; Drug toxicity; Ibuprofen; Non prescription drugs; Nonsteroidal anti inflammatories; Pain; Paracetamol

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; DICLOFENAC; DIPYRONE; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; MEFENAMIC ACID; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; SALICYLIC ACID;

AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ASTHMA; AWARENESS; CHILD CARE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER TOXICITY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REYE SYNDROME; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TOOTH PAIN; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEVER; HUMANS; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84868612186     PISSN: 01145916     EISSN: 11791942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11633620-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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