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15. NSAIDs Hypersensitivity
• Type B adverse drug reaction (WHO, 1972)
• EAACI/WAO nomenclature
• Allergic (immunologically mediated)
• Nonallergic
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Novel Classification of Hypersensitivity Reactions to Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
18. Epidemiology
• Second highest after antibiotics
• 0.6-5.7%
• NERD
• 4.3-20%
• Higher prevalence in CRS with nasal polyps, severe asthma, female
• Associated with atopy
• NECD and NIUA
• 10-30% in chronic urticaria
20. Clinical Manifestation
• Urticaria/angioedema after 0.5-6 h of ingestion
• 15 min – 24 h
• Persists few hours to several days
• Magnitude of symptoms
• Dose dependent
• Disease status
21. Pathomechanisms
• Not immunologically mediated
• Cross-react only with COX-1 inhibitors
• Mechanism similar to AERD
• ↓Prostaglandin production
• ↑Cysteinyl leukotrienes
• Support by release of same eicosanoids in AERD
22. Diagnosis
• Oral provocation is gold standard (grade of recommendation D)
• Unclear history
• Definite diagnosis required
• Balance risk/benefit
• +alternative NSAIDs, aspirin (grade of recommendation C)
• Skin tests has no diagnostic value (grade of recommendation D)
• Basophil activation test have limited diagnostic value with low
negative predictive value (grade of recommendation D)
23. Diagnosis
• Provocation protocol (grade of recommendation D)
• Start 1/10
• Increase 2x-3x every 2 h
• Until symptoms or single therapeutic dose
24. Oral Provocation Test
EAACI/GA2LEN
• After 1-2 weeks without skin eruptions
• First day
• 4 capsules of placebo
• Second day
• Aspirin 71, 117, 312, 500 mg
• 1.5-2 h interval
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25. Management: Avoidance
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31. Clinical Manifestation
• Onset usually within 1 h
• Range 15 min– several hours
• Drugs culprits
• Almost: aspirin, strong COX-1 inhibitors
• Weak COX-1 inhibitors in 25% (esp. high doses)
34. Diagnosis
• History of reactions to ≥2 NSAIDs
• Oral provocation test if equivocal history (grade of recommendation D)
• If aspirin is culprit, choose alternative strong COX-1 inhibitor to
confirm/exclude cross-reactivity (grade of recommendation C)
• Skin test and in vitro have no diagnostic value (grade of recommendation D)
• Not relevant
• To exclude single drug reaction
35. Management
• Avoidance of culprit NSAIDs + strong COX-1 inhibitors (grade of recommendation C)
• Recommend weak COX-1 inhibitors (grade of recommendation C)
• Perform oral tolerance tests (grade of recommendation D)
• 80% tolerate paracetamol and nimesulide
41. Pathomechanisms
• IgE-mediated reaction
• Spectrum and timing
• Specific IgE detected in skin test, serum, peripheral blood basophils
• Significant proportion of positive skin test in pyrazolones
• Associated with HLA-DQ and HLA-DR in pyrazolones
42. Diagnosis
• History of immediate symptoms by a single NSAID
• Provocation test
• Controversial
• Oral challenge with aspirin and other NSAIDs to exclude cross-reactive (grade of
recommendation D)
• Skin test (grade of recommendation C)
• Progressive loss of sensitivity to skin testing with time
• Specific IgE not recommended (grade of recommendation C)
43. Management
• Safely take other chemically unrelated NSAIDs
• +/- oral challenge
• Desensitization not documented
45. Clinical Presentation
• More than 24 h after exposure
• Several days or weeks
• Fixed drug eruption
• Maculopapular eruption
• Delayed urticaria
• Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis
• Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis
• Contact and photocontact dermatitis
52. Clinical Manifestation
• Contact and photocontact dermatitis
• Diclofenac, indomethacin, flurbiprofen, bufexamac, etofenamate, flufenamic
acid, ibuprofen, ketoprofen, tiaprofenic acid
• Cross-reactivity
• May develop severe cutaneous reaction with systemic use
= systemic contact dermatitis
53. Diagnosis
• Mainly clinical history
• Patch tests
• Contact dermatitis
• Fixed drug eruption (‘in loco patch testing’)
• Photopatch tests
• Photoallergic reactions
• Patch testing and delayed reading of intradermal reading
• Low sensitivity, high specificity
54. Diagnosis
• Provocation test (grade of recommendation C)
• Maculopapular eruptions
• Urticaria
• Fixed drugs eruptions
• Contraindicated in (grade of recommendation C)
• Bullous drug eruption i.e. SJS, TEN, AGEP
• Organ specific reactions
• Can perform alternative NSAIDs (grade of recommendation D)
• Lymphocyte transformation test (grade of recommendation D)
55. Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Acute Forms of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Hypersensitivity
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hypersensitivity to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Allergy. 2013;68:1219-32
56. Provocation Challenges in Patients with a History of Acute Reactions to Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
Kowalski ML, Asero R, Bavbek S, Blanca M, Lopez B, Bochenek G, et al. Classification and practical approach to the diagnosis and management of
hypersensitivity to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Allergy. 2013;68:1219-32
57. Diagnostic Procedure in Delayed Type of Hypersensitivity to NSAIDs
Kowalski ML, Asero R, Bavbek S, Blanca M, Lopez B, Bochenek G, et al. Classification and practical approach to the diagnosis and management of
hypersensitivity to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Allergy. 2013;68:1219-32