ABSTRACT Objective To determine under which health conditions metamizole (dipyrone) is used as a single drug or as fixed-dose combination. Methods Two retrospective cohorts of Brazilian patients treated with metamizole between January 2015 and December 2017 were analyzed: a metamizole-based cohort (Cohort 1) and a symptoms-based cohort (Cohort 2). Anonymized patient data was obtained from Amil Clinical Data Warehouse. The number of patients with symptoms was described by age and sex. Results The sample size of the two cohorts consisted […]
