MIA persists as a severe condition in current pharmacotherapy. The continuous increase of metamizole applications should be critically assessed, especially in regard to indications in the outpatient setting and with respect to metamizole treatment duration.
Our findings are generally in agreement with those of earlier case-control studies. The spectrum of drugs causing acute agranulocytosis has not changed considerably over recent years, despite many newly marketed drugs. Evidence for induction of agranulocytosis by some new pharmaceuticals is supported.
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