Table 1. Calculation of ALDEN Score [4] for Each Drug Recently or Chronically Administrated.
Drug | ALDEN score |
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Causal link | Total ALDEN score | Type of drug | Dechallenge | Prechallenge/rechallenge | Drug present in the body on index day | Delay from initial drug component intake to onset of reaction | |
Paracetamol | Very unlikely | -2 | Associated: 2 Drug with definite but lower risk |
Negative: -2 Drug continued without harm |
Negative: -2 Exposure without reaction |
Excluded: -3 Drug stopped |
Suggestive: +3 From 5 to 28 days |
Sodium enoxaparin | Very unlikely | -5 | Not suspected: -1 No evidence of association |
Negative: -2 Drug continued without harm |
Negative: -2 Exposure without reaction |
Excluded: -3 Drug stopped |
Suggestive: +3 From 5 to 28 days |
Ipratropium bromide | Very unlikely | -3 | Not suspected: -1 No evidence of association |
Neutral: 0 Drug stopped or unknown |
Negative: -2 Exposure without reaction |
Excluded: -3 Drug stopped | Suggestive: +3 From 5 to 28 days |
Dexamethasone | Very unlikely | -1 | Not suspected: -1 No evidence of association |
Neutral: 0 Drug stopped or unknown |
Not done/unknown: 0 No known previous exposure |
Excluded: -3 Drug stopped | Suggestive: +3 From 5 to 28 days |
Telmisartan | Very unlikely | -3 | Unknown: 0 | Neutral: 0 Drug stopped (or unknown) |
Negative: -2 Exposure without reaction |
Definite: 0 Drug continued |
Unlikely: -1 > 56 days |