Common Drug Reaction Culprits Flashcards
Acneiform lesions
EGFR inhibitors (eg erlotinib, cetuximab, gefitinib)
Acral erythema (erythrodysesthesia)
Doxorubicin, daunorubicin, 5-FU, cytarabine, docetaxel, MTX
Acral sclerosis
bleomycin
AGEP
- beta-lactam antibiotics
- macrolides, CCB, chloroquine, terbinafine
Alopecia
alkylating agents (cyclophosphamide), antrhacyclines (doxorubicin, daunarubicin), taxanes (paclitaxel, docetaxel), vincristine, vinblastine, actinomycin-D, etoposide
Autoimmune hepatitis
Minocycline
Bullous pemphigoid
- Furosemide, PCN, captopril, beta-blockers
- sulfonamides, terbinafine, penicllamine
DM-like eruption
- Hydroxyurea
- penicillamine, statins
Eccrine squamous syringometaplasia
- Cytarabine, paclitaxel, docetaxel
- cyclophosphamide, busulfan, carmustine
Elastosis perforans serpiginosa
D-penicillamine
Erythema nodosum
OCPs, antiobiotics (SULFA, tetracycline), NSAIDs
Extravasation reaction (ulcer, chemical cellulitis)
Anthracyclines (doxorubicin/daunorubicin)
-actinomycin-D, docetaxel, paclitaxel, vinblastine, vincristine, etoposide, 5-FU
Fixed drug eruption
NSAIDs, sulfonamides, TCNs, phenolphthalein, pseudoephedrine (non-pigmenting variant)
-acetaminophen, ASA, OCP, barbituates
Flag sign (of chemo)
MTX (horizontal hyperpigmented bands of hair alternating with normal color)
Gingival hyperplasia
Phenytoin, cyclosporine, CCBs
Hyperpigmentation
antimalarials, clofazamine (violet-brown to blue in lesional skin), imipramine, amiodarone (blue-gray), phenothiazines (chlorpromaine, promethaine, prochlorperazine), chemotherapeutics, and minocycline
Minocycline hyperpigmentation
Type 1: blue-black color within scars, +iron (hemosiderin) with Perls stain
Type 2: blue-gray color on shins, +melanin (Fontana-Masson stain), +iron (Perls stain)
Type 3: generalized “muddy brown” hyperpigmentation in sun-exposed sites (increased melanin within epidermis, no iron deposition)
Hypersensitivity syndrome
aromatic anticonvulsants (phenytoin, phenobarbital, carbamazepine, lamotrigine, oxcarbazepine), sulfonamides, allopurinol, dapsone, gold, olanzapine, saquinavir
Hypertrichosis
cyclosporine, phenytoin, minoxidil, danazol, anabolic steroids
Inflamed ADs
5-FU
-Capecitabine, pentostatin
Inflamed SCC
fludarabine
Inflamed SKs
cytarabine, docetaxel
Leg ulcers
hydroxyurea
Leukocytoclastic vascultitis
Abx (especially beta-lactam)
-NSAIDs, diuretics