King_Arjen t1_j136n97 wrote on December 21, 2022 at 9:31 AM

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

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.

mytokhondria t1_j13802j wrote on December 21, 2022 at 9:50 AM

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

King_Arjen t1_j1389fi wrote on December 21, 2022 at 9:54 AM

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.