Over-the-Counter Drug Causing Acute Pancreatitis

• Main Authors: Swetha Parvataneni MD (Author), Rajesh Essrani MD (Author), Shehriyar Mehershahi MD (Author), Ajeet Kumar Lohana MBBS (Author), Asif Mehmood MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Acute pancreatitis is caused by alcohol, gall stone disease, drugs, trauma, infections, and metabolic causes such as hypercalcemia and hyperlipidemia. Hypercalcemia-induced acute pancreatitis has been well documented but only rarely occurs due to over-the-counter calcium carbonate. In this article,...