drug-induced pleural effusion
Last reviewed 01/2018
Drugs that result in an exudative pleural effusion include:
- hydralazine (as part of a lupus syndrome)
- nitrofurantoin
- sulphonamides
- methotrexate
- practolol
- methysergide
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