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ArticleJournal of pharmacology & pharmacotherapeutics2014

Skin rash during treatment with generic itraconazole.

Antonio De Vuono, Caterina Palleria, Francesca Scicchitano, Aida Squillace, Giovambattista De Sarro, Luca Gallelli

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Article in Journal of pharmacology & pharmacotherapeutics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Antonio De VuonoDepartment of General Medicine, Cosenza, University of Catanzaro, Italy ; Department of Health Science, Regional Center on drug information, Mater Domini University Hospital, Italy.
Caterina PalleriaDepartment of Health Science, Regional Center on drug information, Mater Domini University Hospital, Italy ; Department of Chair of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Catanzaro, Italy.
Francesca ScicchitanoDepartment of Health Science, Regional Center on drug information, Mater Domini University Hospital, Italy ; Department of Chair of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Catanzaro, Italy.
Aida SquillaceDepartment of Health Science, Regional Center on drug information, Mater Domini University Hospital, Italy ; Department of Chair of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Catanzaro, Italy.
Giovambattista De SarroDepartment of Health Science, Regional Center on drug information, Mater Domini University Hospital, Italy ; Department of Chair of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Catanzaro, Italy.
Luca GallelliDepartment of Health Science, Regional Center on drug information, Mater Domini University Hospital, Italy ; Department of Chair of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Catanzaro, Italy.
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitario Mater Domini · ITMagna Graecia University · ITAzienda Ospedaliera di Cosenza · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Generic drugs have the same active substance, the same pharmaceutical form, the same therapeutic indications and a similar bioequivalence with the reference medicinal product (branded). Although a similar efficacy is postulated, some cases of clinical inefficacy during treatment with generic formulations have been reported. In this case, we describe a woman with onychomycosis that developed a skin rash during treatment with a generic formulation of itraconazole. Drug administration and its re-challenge confirmed the association between itraconazole and skin rash. Both Naranjo probability scale and World Health Organization causality assessment scale documented a probable association between generic-itraconazole and skin rash. The switch from generic formulation to brand one induced an improvement of symptoms. Since we are unable to evaluate the role of each excipient in the development of skin rash, we cannot rule out their involvement. However, more data are necessary to better define the similarities or differences between branded and generic formulations.

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Brand-itraconazolegeneric-itraconazoleonychomycosisskin rash

Identifiers

PMID24799820
PMCPMC4008915
OpenAlexW2017782196

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