Affiliations 

  • 1 M. Segasothy, MRCP (UK), Department of Medicine Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Betty Kong Chiew Tong, MBBS (Mon), Nephrology Unit, General Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 A. Kamal, DMRD, FFRRCS (Ire), FRCR (Eng) Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 4 Zaki Murad, MRCP (UK), Nephrology Unit, General Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 5 Abu Bakar Suleiman, MBBS (Mon), M'.Med, FRACP Nephrology Unit, General Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia, 1983 Dec;38(4):315-9.
PMID: 6599990

Abstract

A prospective study was performed on patients admitted to the medical and renal wards of General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur. Over a period of 14 months from 1 January 1982, 12 new cases of analgesic nephropathy (AN) were documented. Contrary to the experience in the West and in Australia, AN in Malaysia tends to have a male preponderance and occurs even in the younger age groups. The common analgesics abused are paracetamol, Chap Kaki Tiga and Chap Harimau. The main reasons for analgesic abuse are headache and arthritis. In addition to radiological features of renal papillary necrosis patients have the other manifestations of the disease such as peptic ulceration, anaemia, neuro-psychiatric disorders and ischaemic heart disease.

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