The Drug-Induced Respiratory Disease Website and App

Frequency - Incidence

Incidence of respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as assessed by number of reported/published cases in the literature. Red digits in stars indicate: 0 = Very rare, questionable signal · 1 = < 10 cases · 2 = 10-50 cases · 3 = 50–100 cases · 4 = 100-200 cases · 5 = >200 cases

Evidence level/grade

Evidence level for respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as estimated using Hill’s (1965), Naranjo’s (1981), and Bégaud’s (1985) criteria applied to published cases. Blue digits in stars indicate: 0 = Questionable · 1 = Low · 2 = Moderate · 3 = Robust · 4 = Definite · 5 = Unquestionable, pathognomonic

II.b

ARDS - Acute lung injury

Publications

Shehataa MS, Abdelfattah AH, Selim AN

A Case Report of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome From Cannabis and Amphetamine Use.

Cureus. 2023;15(12):e50003

Li RB, Guan DW, Zhu BL, Zhang GH, Zhao R

Death from accidental poisoning of methamphetamine by leaking into alimentary tract in drug traffic: a case report.

Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan). 2009;11 Suppl 1:S491-3

Yeh PS, Yuan A, Yu CJ, Kuo SH, Luh KT, Yang PC

Acute respiratory distress syndrome in a woman with heroin and methamphetamine misuse.

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi. 2001;100(8):553-6