Amiodarone use and the risk of acute pancreatitis: Influence of different exposure definitions.

M Mirjam HempeniusRolf H H GroenwoldAnthonius de BoerOlaf H KlungelHelga Gardarsdottir

Published in: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety (2019)

This study demonstrates the relative insensitivity of the association between amiodarone and the risk of acute pancreatitis against a broad range of different exposure definitions. Accounting for possible lagged effects had little impact, possibly because treatment switching and discontinuation was uncommon in this population.

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replacement therapy