Mesalazine toxicity
BMJ 1994; 308 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.308.6927.533b (Published 19 February 1994) Cite this as: BMJ 1994;308:533- D Honeybourne
- Department of Thoracic Medicine, Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham B18 7QH.
EDITOR, - The case reported by A G Lim and K R Hine, in which a patient developed a reaction to mesalazine, 1 prompts me to describe a case.
A 30 year old woman presented with a five week history of bilateral pleuritic chest pain. She had increasing shortness of breath (though no wheezing), a non-productive cough, and intermittent fevers and had lost 7 kg in weight. She had a 14 year history of ulcerative colitis, which had remained quiescent for 18 months. Her drug treatment consisted of oral mesalazine 800 mg twice …
Log in
Log in using your username and password
Log in through your institution
Subscribe from £173 *
Subscribe and get access to all BMJ articles, and much more.
* For online subscription
Access this article for 1 day for:
£38 / $45 / €42 (excludes VAT)
You can download a PDF version for your personal record.