Drug-Induced Injury to the Digestive System

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-X

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2. Drugs and the Mouth

   • R. Ferguson

   Pages 1-7

3. Drug-Induced Esophagitis

   • A. Quinton, F. Zerbib, H. Lamouliatte

   Pages 9-17

4. NSAID Gastropathy

   • M. Guslandi

   Pages 19-31

5. Steroid Ulcers

   • Z. Sandor, S. Szabo

   Pages 33-53

6. Gastric Motility Disturbances by Drugs

   • T. K. Chaudhuri, S. Fink, S. K. Wilson

   Pages 55-75

7. Intestinal Damage by Anti-inflammatory Agents

   • A. Macpherson, I. Bjarnason

   Pages 77-88

8. Drug-Induced Malabsorption

   • T. Wehrmann, B. Lembcke, W. F. Caspary

   Pages 89-109

9. Disturbance of the Intestinal Ecosystem by Antimicrobial Agents

   • P. C. Braga

   Pages 111-129

10. Laxative-Induced Damage to the Colon

    • S. Müller-Lissner

    Pages 131-142

11. Drug-Induced Injuries of the Liver and Biliary Tract

    • D. Larrey

    Pages 143-168

12. Drug-Induced Pancreatitis

    • C. B. Kölbel, M. V. Singer

    Pages 169-186

13. Gastrointestinal Damage by Cancer Chemotherapy

    • M. Valentini, R. Cannizzaro, F. Bortoluzzi, M. Sozzi, M. Fornasarig, E. Bertolissi

    Pages 187-199

14. Afterword: Methodological Problems in Detecting the Risk of Drug Reactions

    • M. J. S. Langman

    Pages 201-205

15. Back Matter

    Pages 207-217

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Drugs are often associated with adverse effects, and the digestive tract is the most frequent target. This volume collects a number of updated overviews from experts in this area to offer to the reader a single, complete source of information and reference on that subject.

• Adverse Effects
• Digestive System
• Drugs
• absorption
• cancer
• chemotherapy
• colon
• drug
• liver
• hepatology

• Gastroenterology Unit, S. Raffaele Hospital, Italy

  M. Guslandi

• Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, University of Milan, Italy

  M. Guslandi

• Department of Pharmacology, Chemotherapy and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Milan, Italy

  P. C. Braga

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