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Table 2 Adverse reactions by drug

From: Adverse drugs reactions to paracetamol and ibuprofen in children: a 5-year report from a pediatric poison control center in Italy

Total – no. (%)

37 (10.5)

Paracetamol

25/232 (10.8)a

Reported in drug data sheet

 - Nausea

11 (44)

 - Headache

3 (12)

 - Agitation

2 (8)

 - Liver failure

1 (4)

Not reported in drug data sheet

 - Hypertransaminasemia

6 (24)

 - Vomiting

6 (24)

 - Coagulopathy

3 (12)

 - Abdominal pain

2 (8)

 - Increased creatinine

1 (4)

 - QT elongation

1 (4)

 - Sleepiness

1 (4)

Ibuprofen

13/119 (10.1)*

Reported in drug data sheet

 - Dizziness

3 (23)

 - Nausea

3 (23)

 - Acute renal failure

1 (8)

 - Thrombocytopenia

1 (8)

Not reported in drug data sheet

 - Abdominal pain

4 (31)

 - Vomiting

4 (31)

 - Increased creatinine

2 (15)

 - Agitation

1 (8)

 - Albuminuria

1 (8)

 - Coagulopathy

1 (8)

 - Hypertransaminasemia

1 (8)

 - Hypotension

1 (8)

 - Increased CPK

1 (8)

  1. *Two patients took both paracetamol and ibuprofen and one developed some side effects that could not be attributed to either drug and were therefore counted for each