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mytokhondria t1_j1331ui wrote

Reply to comment by forbins in Anti-inflammatory drugs commonly taken by children can cause alterations to dental enamel, study shows by cleanvar

It is in the US. These drugs are NSAIDs used to treat inflammatory diseases. Kids can have arthritis, and it’s not that uncommon.

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King_Arjen t1_j134og0 wrote

I would say it’s still relatively rare for kids to have arthritis or some other inflammatory condition necessitating any of these NSAIDs vs something like ibuprofen. Even if 5% of all kids have arthritis, that’s still “uncommon.”

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mytokhondria t1_j136hh4 wrote

If you want to call that uncommon, then sure. But that’s not my point. I was a child with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and was put on a ton of strong drugs to treat it. I grew up in hospitals surrounded by kids taking these kinds of meds, stronger ones too. My point is that if the kid needs the med, they’re prescribed the med.

Also, ibuprofen isn’t prescribed as a primary treatment for arthritis…

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King_Arjen t1_j136n97 wrote

Obviously if a kid needs to take any of these they will take it. The point the OP was making is that these are not regularly prescribed to the average patient. They are not over the counter either, so it’s very unlikely your average child will ever take them. Also, I just pulled 5% out of my butt. I highly doubt 5% of kids have arthritis.

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mytokhondria t1_j13802j wrote

I’m too lazy to convert these to percents but here’s some stats I found bc I was curious too:

>The incidence of juvenile idiopathic arthritis in North America and Europe is estimated to be 4 to 16 in 10,000 children. Approximately 294,000 children in the United States are affected.

https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/juvenile-idiopathic-arthritis/#frequency

>Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is one of the most common pediatric chronic diseases, with a yearly incidence between 1.6 and 23 new cases per 100,000 children

https://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?Lng=GB&Expert=85414

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King_Arjen t1_j1389fi wrote

That would be .04-.16% for the top stat and .0016-.023% for the bottom number. Certainly there are kids using these meds, which is why it’s beneficial to study their long term effects, however it isn’t what I’d consider common. Always good to see research into drug side effects in kiddos though as it seems peds research is always years behind adults.

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Lunaranalog t1_j16k222 wrote

Anecdotal evidence doesn’t change the fact that it is in fact rare for these drugs to be used for children

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