Drug-induced photosensitivity: Culprit drugs, management and prevention

Drug Safety

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 821-837

  Drucker, Aaron M ^a   Rosen, Cheryl F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Chlorpromazine; Doxycycline; Efavirenz; Fixed drug eruptions; HMG CoA reductase inhibitors; Hydrochlorothiazide; Nalidixic acid; Naproxen; Photosensitivity; Piroxicam; Quinine; Skin disorders; Tetracycline; Thioridazine; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CELECOXIB; CHLORPROMAZINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IBUPROFEN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NAPROXEN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PIROXICAM; QUINIDINE; QUININE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE; THIORIDAZINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VORICONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BLISTER; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG INDUCED PHOTOSENSITIVITY; DRUG RECHALLENGE; DRUG USE; ECZEMA; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LICHENOID ERUPTION; LUPUS LIKE SYNDROME; MEDICAL HISTORY; MINIMUM ERYTHEMA DOSE; ONYCHOLYSIS; PELLAGRA; PHOTOPATCH TEST; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PSEUDOPORPHYRIA; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN PROTECTION; SKIN PRURITUS; SUN EXPOSURE; TELANGIECTASIA; TOXICITY TESTING; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; DERMATITIS, PHOTOALLERGIC; DERMATITIS, PHOTOTOXIC; HUMANS; PATCH TESTS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 80052319039     PISSN: 01145916     EISSN: 11791942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11592780-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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