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Rheumatic manifestations of current pharmacopeia

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Patient complaints arising as manifestations of medication side effects are commonly encountered in clinical practice. A rheumatologist must routinely consider side effects of drugs in the differential diagnosis of many symptoms. This review will remind the reader of certain well-described and some newly reported side effects commonly encountered in an internal medicine practice. Focal points incude arthralgias/arthritis, myopathy/myositis, ANA/drug-induced lupus, bone loss/osteoporosis, and tendon rupture.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York University Medical Center, 560 First Avenue, 10016, New York, NY, USA

    Judith Brenner MD, Bruce M. Solitar MD & Brian D. Golden MD

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Brenner, J., Solitar, B.M. & Golden, B.D. Rheumatic manifestations of current pharmacopeia. Curr Rheumatol Rep 2, 151–155 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11926-000-0055-1

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