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- Title
Fixed drug eruption due to three antihistamines of a same chemical family: Cetirizine, levocetirizine, and hydroxyzine.
- Authors
Bhari, Neetu; Mahajan, Rahul; Singh, Sanjay; Sharma, Vinod Kumar
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 21-year-old man with multiple itchy, erythematous, and edematous plaques over the lips, trunk, and upper and lower extremities. It mentions that the patient has developed these lesions due to intake of levocetirizine tablet for allergic conjunctivitis, and states that allergic diseases were treated by antihistamines. It also mentions that multiple episodes of fixed drug eruptions (FDE) attributed to cetirizine, hydroxyzine and levocetirizine.
- Subjects
LIPS; EXTREMITIES (Anatomy); ANTIHISTAMINES; CETIRIZINE; HYDROXYZINE (Drug)
- Publication
Dermatologic Therapy, 2017, Vol 30, Issue 2, pn/a
- ISSN
1396-0296
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/dth.12412