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Adverse Effects Of Adverse Drug Reaction

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Adverse Drug Reaction to Celecoxib: Case Study
Preceptor: Christopher Stetler DO
Family Practice

Daris Rice
KCOM OMS IV
Class of 2015
January 19, 2015

Abstract
An Adverse event is defined as any undesirable event that a patient experiences while taking a medication. This includes many things, such as a motor vehicle collision or falling down the stairs. An Adverse event is different from an Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR). An Adverse Drug Reaction, as defined by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, is a response to a medicinal product that is noxious or unintended1. These adverse reactions may be an already known side effect or a new side effect not previously recognized. ADRs are very burdensome to the patient’s wellbeing, they increase healthcare cost, and roughly half of the reactions may be preventable.

Introduction
The following case report discusses a Type B ADR to Celecoxib of a 54 year-old female and the events that led to the diagnosis and treatment. Celecoxib is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medicine that inhibits the production of prostaglandins by inhibiting cyclooxygenase-2. This drug is indicated for acute pain, primary dysmenorrhea, ankylosing spondylitis, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis.3 The patient had been prescribed a therapeutic dose of Celecoxib for osteoarthritis and was tolerating the medicine up until the ADR. Although the diagnosis was discovered, there were challenges that led to the delay in

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