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
Chest pain (acute or subacute), lone or prominent
Publications
Drug induced chest pain-rare but important.
Postgraduate medical journal 2000 Jul;76;420-2 — 2000 Jul — 420-2
Minocycline pneumonitis and eosinophilia. A report on eight patients.
Archives of internal medicine 1994 Jul 25;154;1633-40 — 1994 Jul 25 — 1633-40