Prakt. lékáren. 2017; 13(2): 60-62 | DOI: 10.36290/lek.2017.006

Drug-induced photosensitivity

Hana Bakhouche, Martin Šíma, Ondřej Slanař
Oddělení klinické farmakologie a farmacie, Farmakologický ústav, 1. lékařská fakulta Univerzity Karlovy a Všeobecná fakultní nemocnice v Praze

Data suggest that more than 300 drugs are reported to be photosensitizers. However, the effect of only a few drugs have been

well described. It seems that many photosensitive reactions are underdiagnosed due to the difficulty to prove the relationship

between the drug and sun exposure. It is important to clarify this relationship to timely treat patients or better to take adequate

measures to prevent adverse effects.

Keywords: photosensitizing agents, phototoxicity, photoallergy, photosensitive contact dermatitis

Published: June 1, 2017  Show citation

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Bakhouche H, Šíma M, Slanař O. Drug-induced photosensitivity. Praktické lékárenství. 2017;13(2):60-62. doi: 10.36290/lek.2017.006.
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