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Links to other Websites on Photosensitivity Issues: PDR.Net - Physicians Desk Reference Online - must register to use this service. It is a medical professional portal with access to resources on drugs and diseases. Free to MD's, Nurses and others. Available for a fee to others. Explanations of Photosensitivity: Family Practice Notebook - Drug-Induced Photosensitivy - a guide for Family Practitioners that lists many of the photo-sensitizing medications. Fallene Ltd - Prescription Drugs and Photosensitivity - They offer a broad range of broad spectrum sunblocks as high as spf 65, and provide excellent educational materials on their website Merck Manual - explanation of photosensitivity and short list of photosensitizing agents. New Zealand Dermatological Society - more medically oriented article on photosensivity with color photos. FDA - Chemical Photosensitivity, another reason to be careful in the Sun About.com - Sun sensitivity can be a side effect of some medications. Aetna InteliHealth - Sun Allergy / Photosensitivity - content reviewed by the Harvard Medical School PhotoDynamic Therapy and agents: Levulan Kerastick - from DUSA Pharmaceuticals - details on the Photodynamic procedure and photosensitizing drug used to treat Actinic Keratosis and various cosmetic uses including ACNE. Photofrin - from Axcan Pharma Inc - First FDA approved photosensitizing agent for Photodynamic Therapy. Primary Medical/Surgical use for cancerous & precancerous lesions. National Cancer Institute - Questions and Answers on PhotoDynamic Therapy for cancer.
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