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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

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Pleural/pericardial effusion, ANA positive (DI lupus)

Publications

Ahmad A, Fletcher MT, Roy TM

Simvastatin-induced lupus-like syndrome.

Tennessee medicine : journal of the Tennessee Medical Association. 2000;93(1):21-2

Khosla R, Butman AN, Hammer DF

Simvastatin-induced lupus erythematosus.

Southern medical journal. 1998;91(9):873-4