Özet:

Some drugs have been known to damage to esophagus for a long time. Half of the cases are of tetracycline and its derivatives. The damage caused by these drugs is dependent on the drug itself and the patient. In this paper we present 5 patients having diagnosed esophageal damage endoscopically after due to doxycyclin use. The average age of the patients was 26 years. Three of them for acne and 2 for heir complaints gynecological infection were taking these drugs. Lesions were located at the middle in 4 cases and lover part in 1 patient. The common complaint was retrosternal pain and heartburn after taking the drug with insufficient water or without water. All the patients were relieved by symptomatic teratment. Esophageal damage is to be remembered in patients complaning water pain and difficult swallowing on doxycyclin treatment and endoscopic procedure should be employed for definition of diagnosis and evaluation of the severity of the damage. After treatment, endoscopic control is not necessary. Physicians should not forget to advise the patients to take these drugs with splendid amount of water.

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