Drugs That May Cause Photo Sensitivity
The following medications may cause hyperpigmentation, dermatitis or make a patient more sensitive to laser treatment.
ACNE MEDICATIONS
Tretinoin (Retin-A)
ANTICANCER DRUGS
Dacarbazine (DTIC-Dome) Fluorouracil (Fluoroplex; and others), Methotrexate (Mexate; and others) Vinblastine (Veiban)
ANTIDEPRESSANTS
Amitriptyline (Elavil and others) Desipramine (Norpramin; Petroiliam) Doxepin (Adapin; Sinequan) lmipramine (Tofranil; and others) Notriptylin (Aventyl; Pamelor) Protriptyline (Vivactil) Trimipramine (Surmontil)
ANTIHISTAMINES
Cyproheptadine (Periactin) Diphenhydramine (Benadryl; and others) Claritin
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY
Naprosen
ANTIMICROBIALS
Demaclocycline (Declomycin; and others) Doxycycline (Vibramycin; and others) Griseofulvin (fulvicin-U/F; and others) Methacycline (rondomycin) Nalidixic acid (NegGram; and others) OxyteWacyclines (Terramycin; and others) Sulfacyntine (Renoquid) Sulfamethazine (Neotrizine; and others) Sulfamethizoic (Thiosulfil; and others) Sulfamethoxazole (Gantanol; and others) Sulfamethoxazolc-trimethoprim (BacU'im; Septra) Sulfasalazinc (Azulfidine) Sulfathiazolc Sulfisoxazole (Gantrisin; and others) Tetracyclines (Achromysin; minocin)
ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS
Chlorpromazinc (Thorazinc; and others) Fluphenazine (Permitil; Prolixin) Haloperidol (Haldol) Perphenazine (Trilafon) Piperacetazine (Quide) Prochlorperazine (Compazine; and others) Promethazine (Phenergan; and others) Thioridazine Hydrochloride, Mellaril Hydrochloride Trifluperazine (Stelazine; and others) Triflupromazine (Vesprin) Trimeprazine (Termaril)
