Injury of the esophagus caused by a any of a number of pills/medications

Anyone who can ingest caustic pills is susceptible to pill-induced injury

Esophageal dysmotility or structural abnormalities, such as rings or strictures, are clearly not required for pill-induced injury

Antibiotics: more than one-half of all reported causes: Doxycycline, Tetracycline, Clindamycin, Erythromycin, Penicillin

Cardiac meds: antihypertensives, antiarrhythmics, Quinidine

NSAIDs: 30 million people use every day, 16% have GI side effects; NSAIDs inhibit the protective prostaglandins