Dermatology Made Simple : Skin lesions caused by Medications 3:

Contact Dermatitis:

This usually occurs at areas of contact with medications/ointments etc to the skin

It occurs after months of exposure to the medication.

Usually the medication is in form of ointment,gel or topical patch.

Some of the medications that can cause this include:

Oestradiol

Clonidine

Nitroglycerin

Allergic contact Dermatitis

Management:

Avoidance of causative agent.

Topical steroids

Fixed Drug Eruption:

These are skin lesions that occur at the same site of skin repeatedly whenever an individual gets exposed to a medications to which he has developed allergy.

These maybe single or multiple lesions.

Common medications that cause this lesion include:

Fluconazole

Ciprofloxacin

Doxycycline

Clarithromycin

NSAIDs

Trimethoprim

Cotrimoxazole

Phenytoin

Cetirizine

Management:

Identifications and Avoidance of the causative agent

Topical steroid application at site of the lesion