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Side Effect: Drug:
Alopecia
| • | after immunization (esp. Hep B) |
| • | retinoids: decreased number in anagen |
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Drug classes associated with hair loss
| • | anti-coagulants (coumadin) |
Acral erythema
Acne
| • | bromides (e.g. Pro-Banthine = propantheline bromide) |
| • | iodides in vitamins with minerals |
| • | (and of course: hormones, glucocorticoids) |
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Acanthosis nigricans
| • | niacin (nicotinic acid) mnemonic - too little and you get Casal's necklace, too much and you get a "dirty neck" (i.e. acanthosis nigricans) |
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AGEP
OCP, sulfonamides
Erythema nodosum OCP, sulfonamides
Fixed drug
Hyperpigmentation:
| • | chlorpromazine (argyria-like "argyria-like" = blue-grey (?)) |
| • | amiodarone (argyria-like; photo-distributed) |
| • | chloroquine (blue-grey shins) |
| • | minocycline (blue-grey; especially areas of inflammation or scarring) |
| • | zidovudine (especially nails) |
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DRESS Syndrome sulfonamides, aromatic anticonvulsants
LCV (drug induced):
LE systemic LE (vs. SCLE which is another list of drugs) (drug induced):(= anti-histone antibodies)
Lichenoid drug:
| • | anti-hypertensive's (esp. captopril) |
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Linear IgA dermatosis vancomycin, lithium, captopril:
livedo reticularis amantadine
mast cell degranulators
| • | aspirin, opiates, polymyxin B |
| • | alcohol, warm baths, radio-contrast dye |
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melasma-like hyperpigmentation estrogen, phenytoin
Neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis cytarabine
Pemphigus
| • | captopril, rifampin, ampicillin, penicillamine, penicillin |
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Photosensitizing Drugs:
Photolichenoid Drug Eruption: thiazides, quinidine (for cramps etc..), NSAIDS
PR-like captopril, gold
Pseudolymphoma (MF-like) anti-convulsant, anti-depressants, anti-histamines
Pseudoporphyria (~ a phototoxic Rx)
Psoriasis (exacerbates):
| • | (post-systemic steroids) |
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Purpura glucocorticoids
SCLE
| • | Calcium channel blockers |
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Serum-sickness-like cefaclor, minocycline
*(minocycline is the least photosensitizing of the tetracyclines)
** see Pseudoporphyria
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