%0 Journal Article
%T Iatrogenic dug-iduced athropathy
%A Alessandra Bruns
%A Jos¨¦ Goldenberg
%J Einstein (S£¿o Paulo)
%D 2008
%I Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
%X Old age patients, as a rule, present various diseases so that, they needto use a great number of drugs. On the other side, the metabolism ofthese drugs is frequently altered because of the special conditions ofthe aging process. So it is not rare that a symptom to be controlledmay not be caused by the disease but be a consequence of a drugthe patient is using. This chapter is aimed to enumerate the rheumaticsyndromes that can be a consequence of the various types of drugsadministered to old people.
%K Joint diseases/chemically induced
%K Muscular diseases/chemically induced
%K Lupus erythematosus systemic/chemically induced
%K Gout/chemically induced Aged
%U http://www.einstein.br/revista/arquivos/PDF/769-Einstein%20Suplemento%20v6n1%20pS128-132.pdf