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

XLI.d

Transient pulmonary opacities/infiltrates (see also under Iav)

Publications

Vidyasankar G, Souza C, Lai C, Mulpuru S

A severe complication of crack cocaine use.

Canadian respiratory journal 2015 Mar-Apr;22;77-9 — 2015 Mar-Apr — 77-9

Kissner DG, Lawrence WD, Selis JE, Flint A

Crack lung: pulmonary disease caused by cocaine abuse.

The American review of respiratory disease 1987 Nov;136;1250-2 — 1987 Nov — 1250-2