Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: 9

Drug Induced Pulmonary Disease-A Mini Review

Department of Pharmacy Practice, Vinayaka Mission's College of Pharmacy, Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation (Deemed to be University), Salem-636008, Tamilnadu, India

*Corresponding Author E-mail: arul1971@yahoo.com

Online published on 24 December, 2019.

Abstract

Drug-induced pulmonary disease is the most common and serious adverse drug reactions that may lead to cough, dyspnea, fever, bronchial asthma and several other complications. More than 350 drugs are capable of producing pulmonary disorder and most commonly used drugs are mentioned here. In this article, we review the pattern of responses, various drugs that may potentiate the pulmonary disorders, diagnosis and first-line treatment of the disorders.

Keywords

Drug induced pulmonary disease, Dyspnea, Bronchial asthma, First line therapy