Nsaids hypersensibility

Context: Ketoprofen is widely used to remove pain. A steady increase on allergic reactions and photoallergic contact dermatitis related to ketoprofen has been reported when there is topical use. However, there are few documented cases of hypersensitivity when it is administered systemically. Objective: Present a case of hypersensitivity reaction after systemic administration of ketoprofen for pain control in nephritis crisis. Case description: A 43-years-old Caucasian man diagnosed with renal colic (kidney lithiasis), who was initially treated with 100 mg of tramadol (IV), followed by 4 mg of thiocolchicoside (IM) which caused no relief...

BACKGROUND: The incidence of post-surgical chronic pain ranges between 20% and 40% in Europe. Osteoarthritis pain after prosthesis implantation is one of the most severe secondary syndromes, depending not only on surgery but also on organic changes before and after joints replacement. No data are available about risk factors. An excessive inflammatory response plays a central role but a best therapy is not defined yet. It is not clear whether opioid administration could influence post-surgical pain and lead to tolerance or addiction...

BACKGROUND: Subjects with drug hypersensitivity are sometimes simultaneously reactive to several drugs. This nosological entity is defined as multiple drug hypersensivity (MDH). Urticaria and angioedema are the commonest clinical manifestations of hypersensitivity drug reactions (HDR). These clinical signs are also pathognomonic of chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU), whose pathogenetic mechanisms are still largely unknown. The diagnostic algorithm of CIU includes autologous serum skin test (ASST) and autologous plasma skin test (APST), which demonstrated a high positive and negative predictive value, in multiple nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) intolerance...

Prostaglandins are important modulators of pain and inflammation. Both, pain and inflammation can be inhibited either at the level of the phospholipase A2 by corticosteroids or at the level of the cyclooxygenase (COX) by non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Formally, "cyclooxygenase" in general was thought to be responsible for the synthesis of prostaglandins involved in pain, inflammation and fever as well as cytoprotection in the stomach, hemostasis and blood flow in the kidneys. Later, two isoenzymes, cyclooxygenase-1 and cyclooxygenase-2 were discovered...

The increased knowledge in immunology and the progresses of pharmacology have improved our treatment of autoimmune diseases. The main anti-inflammatory effects of corticosteroids are an attenuation of the hypersensibility reactions, a sequestration of intravascular lymphocytes and an inhibition of the production of cytokines and eicosanoids. The non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID's) form another group of medications particularly useful for the treatment of chronic uveitis. Several Cox-2 inhibitory medications are at the moment under clinical investigation and some are commercially available...