Drug-induced abdominal pain
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Persistent abdominal pain since starting a medication may be indicative of a more worrisome complication that warrants intervention, such as esophagitis, ulcer formation, colitis, perforation, cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, nephrolithiasis, pancreatitis, hepatitis, angioedema, chronic constipation, or anemia with chronic vascular compromise.
Many medications have been associated with abdominal pain (see Drug Reaction Data below), most commonly nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
Codes
R10.9 – Unspecified abdominal pain
T50.995A – Adverse effect of other drugs, medicaments and biological substances, initial encounter
SNOMEDCT:
21522001 – Abdominal pain
278993004 – Drug-induced
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Last Updated:07/09/2020