Drugs That May Cause Photosensitivity

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)