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Drug
Enzyme
Compound
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Enzyme
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Target Concepts:
Gene/Protein
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Query: UNIPROT:P61278 (
somatostatin
)
22,083
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Numerous medications can trigger diarrhea. In some cases it is a common side effect, and the relationship is evident (e.g. acarbose,
somatostatin
analogs and antibiotics). When diarrhea does occur, the therapeutic benefit of the drug should be weighed against the negative results of the side effect. If
pseudomembranous colitis
is suspected, prompt action is required, since a fatal outcome cannot be excluded. A particular challenge is a suspected drug association in a multimorbid patient taking several drugs, each associated with an only low diarrhea risk. In such a case, it may be necessary to discontinue drugs consecutively, or to replace a drug by another, until the diarrhea ceases, without lessening the effectiveness of the treatment.
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PMID:[Medication-related diarrhea]. 1465 2
