drug-induced lichen planus
Last reviewed 04/2022
Causes include:
- gold
- organic arsenicals
- mepacrine
- chloroquine
- quinine
- para-amino salicylate
- streptomycin
- tolbutamide
- chlorpropamide
- methyldopa
- beta blockers
- spirnolactone
- thiazide diuretics
- tetracyclines
- NSAIDs
- phenothiazines
- lithium carbonate
Reference:
- Prescriber (1999), 10 (12), 94.
links to examples of drugs causing lichen planus
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