Antiretroviral drugs, particularly protease-inhibitors, have been described among the etiologies of pancreatitis for this particular group. Pancreatitis may be either directly related to the use of these drugs or to complications secondary to their use such as hypertriglyceridemia.
Entre las etiologías de pancreatitis en este grupo particular, se describen a los fármacos antirretrovirales especialmente los inhibidores de la proteasa por acción directa o por las complicaciones secundarias a su uso ej. hipertrigliceridemia.