Antipyretic effect of oral dipyrone (Metamizole) compared to oral ibuprofen in febrile children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Maged Alnajar (Author), Zahraa Saker (Author), Fatma Haji (Author), Menna A Abdelsamed (Author), Zeinab Khaled (Author), Mohamed Abd-ElGawad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Dipyrone (Metamizole) is a potent pain reliever and fever reducer with muscle relaxant properties, most commonly used as an analgesic and antipyretic agent. Despite the fact that it has been banned in many high-income countries following confirmed studies of fatal agranulocytosis...