Symposium on Analgesic Nephropathy

Kidney International (1978) 13, 58–63; doi:10.1038/ki.1978.8

Analgesic nephropathy in Canada: Clinical syndrome, management, and outcome

M H Gault and Douglas R Wilson

The Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland, and the Division of Nephrology, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario

Correspondence: Dr M H Gault, The General Hospital, St. John's, Newfoundland, A1A 1E5 Canada.

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Abstract

The association between heavy consumption of analgesics and nephropathy was first described in Canada in 1961 [1]. Thirty-seven such patients were reported in 1968 [2, 3], and an additional 314 were reported in 1972 from a survey of Canadian nephrologists [4], which provides a baseline from which an evaluation of the effect of removal of phenacetin can be made.

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