Citation

Khatri S, Chacko S, Chamay S, Kashfi S, Sharma S. J. Investig. Med. High Impact Case Rep. 2023; 11: e23247096231165737.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, American Federation for Medical Research, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/23247096231165737

PMID

37052072

PMCID

PMC10102932

Abstract

Acute pancreatitis is defined as inflammation of the pancreas and is most commonly caused by gallstones and alcohol use. Less commonly, acute pancreatitis can be drug induced from medications that are divided into 5 subgroups (classes Ia-V). The subgroups are determined based on the cases reported, reaction with rechallenge and a consistent period of latency. We describe a case of a 34-year-old female who overdosed on losartan pills in a suicide attempt but developed symptoms of drug-induced acute pancreatitis nearly a week later without gallstones, alcohol involvement, or other drug toxicity.

Language: en

Keywords

*Drug Overdose/complications; *Gallstones/complications; *Pancreatitis/complications; Acute Disease; Adult; DILI; Female; gastroenterology; Humans; Losartan; Losartan/adverse effects; Pancreas; pancreatitis