Anaphylaxis following intravenous ranitidine: A rare adverse reaction of a common drug

Ranitidine hydrochloride is a widely used drug that is generally well-tolerated. Anaphylaxis is rarely observed with ranitidine. We report a case who developed severe anaphylaxis following single dose of intravenous ranitidine. The article highlights the importance of recognition of this serious adv...

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Autores principales: Chopra, Deepti, Arora, Pooja, Khan, Shamimullah, Dwivedi, Shridhar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Drug Watch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3987200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24741203
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.129334
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author Chopra, Deepti
Arora, Pooja
Khan, Shamimullah
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description Ranitidine hydrochloride is a widely used drug that is generally well-tolerated. Anaphylaxis is rarely observed with ranitidine. We report a case who developed severe anaphylaxis following single dose of intravenous ranitidine. The article highlights the importance of recognition of this serious adverse event and re-emphasizes the need for cautious use of drugs, especially in those with known history of allergy.
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spelling pubmed-39872002014-04-16 Anaphylaxis following intravenous ranitidine: A rare adverse reaction of a common drug Chopra, Deepti Arora, Pooja Khan, Shamimullah Dwivedi, Shridhar Indian J Pharmacol Drug Watch Ranitidine hydrochloride is a widely used drug that is generally well-tolerated. Anaphylaxis is rarely observed with ranitidine. We report a case who developed severe anaphylaxis following single dose of intravenous ranitidine. The article highlights the importance of recognition of this serious adverse event and re-emphasizes the need for cautious use of drugs, especially in those with known history of allergy. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC3987200/ /pubmed/24741203 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.129334 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Pharmacology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Anaphylaxis following intravenous ranitidine: A rare adverse reaction of a common drug
title Anaphylaxis following intravenous ranitidine: A rare adverse reaction of a common drug
title_full Anaphylaxis following intravenous ranitidine: A rare adverse reaction of a common drug
title_fullStr Anaphylaxis following intravenous ranitidine: A rare adverse reaction of a common drug
title_full_unstemmed Anaphylaxis following intravenous ranitidine: A rare adverse reaction of a common drug
title_short Anaphylaxis following intravenous ranitidine: A rare adverse reaction of a common drug
title_sort anaphylaxis following intravenous ranitidine: a rare adverse reaction of a common drug
topic Drug Watch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3987200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24741203
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.129334
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