tess
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This is stated on kaplan IM, what is the retional for tetracycline can sclreose effusion? thanks! :?
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| usmleasr
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hi,
tetracyclines r irritants...everywhere...
say GIT mucosa also...their irritant property stimulates fibrosis
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| tess
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thanks a lot, usmleasr. 
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| lauxw
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ye,Tetracycline is an irritable substance that can obliterate the pleural space by creating an inflammatory fibrinous adhesion in both the parietal and visceral peura.
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| d_raza1
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everything (i mean almost every medication) is irritable in GI mucosa, tetracyclines prhaps have some differnt property which makes it irritant in pleural space.
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| mani
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yep they r irritant, also used for some cases of hydrocele
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