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

XLIII.b

Severe or catastrophic bronchospasm or asthma attack (can be fatal)

Can be fatal in minutes

Publications

Morales DR, Lipworth BJ, Donnan PT, Jackson C, Guthrie B

Respiratory effect of beta-blockers in people with asthma and cardiovascular disease: population-based nested case control study.

BMC medicine 2017 01 27;15;18 — 2017 01 27 — 18

Johnston SL, Edwards MR

Mechanisms of adverse effects of {beta}-agonists in asthma.

Thorax 2009 Sep;64;739-41 — 2009 Sep — 739-41

Spitz DJ

An unusual death in an asthmatic patient.

The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology 2003 Sep;24;271-2 — 2003 Sep — 271-2

Fallowfield JM, Marlow HF

Propranolol is contraindicated in asthma.

BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 1996 Dec 07;313;1486 — 1996 Dec 07 — 1486

Leuppi JD, Hartmann K, Ciociaro C, Reinhart WH, Kuhn M

[Side effects of drugs on the respiratory tract: experiences of the Swiss Drug Monitoring Center from 1991 to 1995].

Praxis 1996 Oct 29;85;1394-7 — 1996 Oct 29 — 1394-7