A case of montelukast induced hypercholesterolemia, severe hypertriglyceridemia and pancreatitis

Journal of Young Pharmacists

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 64-66

  Das, Saibal ^a   Mondal, Somnath ^b,f   Dey, Jayanta Kumar ^c   Bandyopadhyay, Sanjib ^d   Saha, Indranil ^e   Tripathi, Santanu Kumar ^f  

^a Nalmuri Block Primary Health Centre   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

^c NRS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d BURDWAN MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^f CALCUTTA SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Hypercholesterolemia; Hypertriglyceridemia; Montelukast; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; LEVOCETIRIZINE; MONTELUKAST;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; STRIA; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84883457993     PISSN: 09751483     EISSN: 09751505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jyp.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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