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PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND PHOTOSENSITIVITY
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Four-hundred drugs are known to cause light sensitive and photo-allergic
reactions. Photosensitivity can be caused by commonly used drugs such as certain
antibiotics, birth control pills, diuretics, antihistamines, antidepressants and
many retinoids (such as Vitamin A acid).
Commonly Prescribed Drugs That Can Cause Photosensitivity: NSAIDs
Chemotherapy Agents Immunosuppressive Agents ACE Inhibitors Statins Quinilones
Hydrochlorothiazide Interferon Sulfa Drugs Calcium Channel Blockers Birth
Control Pills Antiarrythmic Agents SSRIs Premarin Anti-Depressants Retin A™
Corticosteroids
Many medications as well as certain medical conditions increase one's
sensitivity to the sun. Ask your Doctor or Pharmacist.
A. Drugs known to cause photoallergic, photo-recall, lightsensitive and
phototoxic reactions by generic name *
| ACAMPROSATE |
ACETAMINOPHEN |
| ACETAZOLAMIDE |
ACETOHEXAMIDE |
| ACYCLOVIR |
ALDESLEUKIN |
| ALITRETINOIN |
ALLOPURINOL |
| ALMOTRIPTAN |
ALPRAZOLAM |
| AMANTADINE |
AMILORIDE |
| AMINOLEVULINIC ACID |
AMINOSALICYLATE SODIUM |
| AMIODARONE |
AMITRIPTYLINE |
| AMOBARBITAL |
AMOXAPINE |
| ANAGRELIDE |
ANTHRAX VACCINE |
| ARSENIC |
ATAZANAVIR |
| ATENOLOL |
ATORVASTATIN |
| ATROPINE SULFATE |
AZATADINE |
| AZATHIOPRINE |
AZITHROMYCIN |
| BENAZEPRIL |
BENDROFLUMETHIAZIDE |
| BENZTHIAZIDE |
BENZTROPINE |
| BERGAMOT |
BETAXOLOL |
| BEXAROTENE |
BIMATOPROST |
| BISOPROLOL |
BROMPHENIRAMINE |
| BUMETANIDE |
BUPROPION |
| BUTABARBITAL |
BUTALBITAL |
| CAPECITABINE |
CAPTOPRIL |
| CARBAMAZEPINE |
CARISOPRODOL |
| CARTEOLOL |
CARVEDILOL |
| CEFAZOLIN |
CEFTAZIDIME |
| CELECOXIB |
CETIRIZINE |
| CEVIMELINE |
CHLORAMBUCIL |
| CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE |
CHLORHEXIDINE |
| CHLOROQUINE |
CHLOROTHIAZIDE |
| CHLOROTRIANISENE |
CHLORPHENIRAMINE |
| CHLORPROMAZINE |
CHLORPROPAMIDE |
| CHLORTETRACYCLINE |
CHLORTHALIDONE |
| CINOXACIN |
CIPROFLOXACIN |
| CITALOPRAM |
CLEMASTINE |
| CLOFAZIMINE |
CLOFIBRATE |
| CLOMIPRAMINE |
CLOPIDOGREL |
| CLORAZEPATE |
CLOZAPINE |
| CO-TRIMOXAZOLE |
COLCHICINE |
| CORTICOSTEROIDS |
CROMOLYN |
| CYCLAMATE |
CYCLOBENZAPRINE |
| CYCLOTHIAZIDE |
CYPROHEPTADINE |
| DACARBAZINE |
DANAZOL |
| DANTROLENE |
DAPSONE |
| DEMECLOCYCLINE |
DESIPRAMINE |
| DEXCHLORPHENIRAMINE |
DIAZOXIDE |
| DICLOFENAC |
DIFLUNISAL |
| DILTIAZEM |
DIMENHYDRINATE |
| DIPHENHYDRAMINE |
DISOPYRAMIDE |
| DOCETAXEL |
DONG QUAI |
| DOXEPIN |
DOXYCYCLINE |
| DULOXETINE |
EFAVIRENZ |
| ENALAPRIL |
ENOXACIN |
| EPIRUBICIN |
EPOETIN ALFA |
| ESOMEPRAZOLE |
ESTAZOLAM |
| ESTROGENS |
ETHACRYNIC ACID |
| ETHAMBUTOL |
ETHIONAMIDE |
| ETODOLAC |
FELBAMATE |
| FENOFIBRATE |
FLOXURIDINE |
| FLUCYTOSINE |
FLUOROURACIL |
| FLUOXETINE |
FLUPHENAZINE |
| FLURBIPROFEN |
FLUTAMIDE |
| FLUVASTATIN |
FLUVOXAMINE |
| FOSINOPRIL |
FURAZOLIDONE |
| FUROSEMIDE |
GANCICLOVIR |
| GATIFLOXACIN |
GEMIFLOXACIN |
| GENTAMICIN |
GLATIRAMER |
| GLIMEPIRIDE |
GLIPIZIDE |
| GLYBURIDE |
GLYCOPYRROLATE |
| GOLD And GOLD COMPOUNDS |
GOLDENSEAL |
| GREPAFLOXACIN |
GRISEOFULVIN |
| HALOPERIDOL |
HENNA |
| HEROIN |
HYDRALAZINE |
| HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE |
HYDROFLUMETHIAZIDE |
| HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE |
HYDROXYUREA |
| HYDROXYZINE |
HYOSCYAMINE |
| IBUPROFEN |
IMATINIB |
| IMIPRAMINE |
INDAPAMIDE |
| INDOMETHACIN |
INFLIXIMAB |
| INTERFERON BETA 1-A |
INTERFERON BETA-1B |
| INTERFERONS, ALFA-2 |
IRINOTECAN |
| ISOCARBOXAZID |
ISONIAZID |
| ISOTRETINOIN |
ITRACONAZOLE |
| KANAMYCIN |
KAVA |
| KETOCONAZOLE |
KETOPROFEN |
| KETOTIFEN |
LAMOTRIGINE |
| LEUPROLIDE |
LEVOFLOXACIN |
| LINCOMYCIN |
LISINOPRIL |
| LOMEFLOXACIN |
LORATADINE |
| LOSARTAN |
LOXAPINE |
| MAPROTILINE |
MECLIZINE |
| MECLOFENAMATE |
MEDROXYPROGESTERONE |
| MEFENAMIC ACID |
MELATONIN |
| MELOXICAM |
MEPROBAMATE |
| MERCAPTOPURINE |
MESALAMINE |
| MESORIDAZINE |
METFORMIN |
| METHAZOLAMIDE |
METHENAMINE |
| METHOTREXATE |
METHOXSALEN |
| METHYCLOTHIAZIDE |
METHYLDOPA |
| METHYLPHENIDATE |
METOLAZONE |
| MINOCYCLINE |
MIRTAZAPINE |
| MITOMYCIN |
MOEXIPRIL |
| MOLINDONE |
MOXIFLOXACIN |
| NABUMETONE |
NALIDIXIC ACID |
| NAPROXEN |
NAPROXEN |
| NARATRIPTAN |
NEFAZODONE |
| NIFEDIPINE |
NISOLDIPINE |
| NITROFURANTOIN |
NORFLOXACIN |
| NORTRIPTYLINE |
OFLOXACIN |
| OLANZAPINE |
ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES |
| OXAPROZIN |
OXCARBAZEPINE |
| OXYTETRACYCLINE |
PACLITAXEL |
| PANTOPRAZOLE |
PAROXETINE |
| PENTOBARBITAL |
PENTOSAN |
| PENTOSTATIN |
PERPHENAZINE |
| PHENELZINE |
PHENINDAMINE |
| PHENOBARBITAL |
PILOCARPINE |
| PIMOZIDE |
PIROXICAM |
| POLYTHIAZIDE |
PRAVASTATIN |
| PROCARBAZINE |
PROCHLORPERAZINE |
| PROCYCLIDINE |
PROMAZINE |
| PROMETHAZINE |
PROPRANOLOL |
| PROPYLTHIOURACIL |
PROTRIPTYLINE |
| PSORALENS |
PYRAZINAMIDE |
| PYRIDOXINE |
PYRILAMINE |
| PYRIMETHAMINE |
QUETIAPINE |
| QUINACRINE |
QUINAPRIL |
| QUINESTROL |
QUINETHAZONE |
| QUINIDINE |
QUININE |
| RABEPRAZOLE |
RAMIPRIL |
| RANITIDINE |
RIBAVIRIN |
| RILUZOLE |
RISPERIDONE |
| RITONAVIR |
ROFECOXIB |
| ROPINIROLE |
RUE |
| SACCHARIN |
SAQUINAVIR |
| SCOPOLAMINE |
SELEGILINE |
| SELENIUM |
SERTRALINE |
| SILDENAFIL |
SIMVASTATIN |
| SMALLPOX VACCINE |
SOTALOL |
| SPARFLOXACIN |
SPIRONOLACTONE |
| ST JOHN'S WORT |
STREPTOMYCIN |
| SULFACETAMIDE |
SULFADIAZINE |
| SULFADOXINE |
SULFAMETHOXAZOLE |
| SULFASALAZINE |
SULFISOXAZOLE |
| SULINDAC |
SUMATRIPTAN |
| TACROLIMUS |
TARTRAZINE |
| TERBINAFINE |
TETRACYCLINE |
| THIMEROSAL |
THIOGUANINE |
| THIORIDAZINE |
THIOTHIXENE |
| TIAGABINE |
TIMOLOL |
| TIOPRONIN |
TOLAZAMIDE |
| TOLBUTAMIDE |
TOLMETIN |
| TOPIRAMATE |
TORSEMIDE |
| TRANYLCYPROMINE |
TRAZODONE |
| TRETINOIN |
TRIAMTERENE |
| TRIAZOLAM |
TRICHLORMETHIAZIDE |
| TRIFLUOPERAZINE |
TRIHEXYPHENIDYL |
| TRIMEPRAZINE |
TRIMETHADIONE |
| TRIMETHOPRIM |
TRIMETREXATE |
| TRIMIPRAMINE |
TRIOXSALEN |
| TRIPELENNAMINE |
TRIPROLIDINE |
| TROVAFLOXACIN |
VALDECOXIB |
| VALPROIC ACID |
VALSARTAN |
| VANCOMYCIN |
VARDENAFIL |
| VENLAFAXINE |
VERAPAMIL |
| VERTEPORFIN |
VINBLASTINE |
| VITAMIN A |
VORICONAZOLE |
| YARROW |
ZALCITABINE |
| ZALEPLON |
ZIPRASIDONE |
| ZOLMITRIPTAN |
ZOLPIDEM |
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