Medications and Skin Disease - Q to Z
quaalude | fixed drug eruption |
quinacrine | alopecia, eczema, exfoliative dermatitis, ochronosis, pigmentation (yellow) |
quinidine | eczema, erythroderma, exanthematous eruption, exfoliative dermatitis, fixed drug eruption, Henoch-Schönlein purpura, LE, lichenoid, livedo reticularis, petechiae, phototoxic drug eruption, porphyria cutanea tarda, pruritus, psoriasis, purpuric eruption, pustular eruption, rash, thrombocytopenic purpura, urticaria, vasculitis (leukocytoclastic) |
quinine | acneiform eruption, cutaneous small vessel vasculitis, fixed drug eruption, Henoch-Schönlein purpura, histamine release, lichenoid, livedo reticularis, petechiae, porphyria cutanea tarda, purpura, TEN, vasculitis (leukocytoclastic) |
radiocontrast media | histamine release |
reserpine | LE, rosacea |
resorcinol | eczema, ochronosis |
retinoids | alopecia, ichthyosiform, mucositis |
rifampin | erythema multiforme, exfoliative dermatitis, flushing, pemphigus foliaceus, pemphigus vulgaris, porphyria cutanea tarda, TEN |
salazopyrin | erythema multiforme |
salicylanilides | persistent light reaction |
salicylates | bullous eruption, erythema annulare centrifugum, erythema multiforme, erythema nodosum, fixed drug eruption, urticaria, vesiculobullous |
scopolamine | histamine release |
sedatives | purpura, purpura pigmentosa chronica, xerostomia |
serum | vasculitis (leukocytoclastic) |
silver | hyperpigmentation (dermal) |
somatostatin | linear IgA d. |
sotalol | vasculitis (leukocytoclastic) |
spironolactone | hypertrichosis |
steroids | pseudolymphoma |
streptokinase | vasculitis (leukocytoclastic) |
streptomycin | cutaneous small vessel vasculitis, eczema, EM, exanthematous eruption, exfoliative dermatitis, hypertrichosis, LE, lichenoid, rash, TEN, urticaria, vasculitis (leukocytoclastic) |
sulfa | nail color change (blue), pemphigoid, serum sickness-like vasculitis |
sulfadizine | exfoliative dermatitis |
sulfanilamide | phototoxic drug eruption |
sulfapyridine | pellagra-like |
sulfasalazine | bullous pemphigoid, erythroderma |
sulfathiazole | panniculitis |
sulfonamides | cutaneous small vessel vasculitis, eczema, erythema multiforme, erythema nodosum, erythroderma, exanthematous eruption, exfoliative dermatitis, fixed drug eruption, nail changes, photoallergic drug reaction, photosensitivity, phototoxic drug eruption, pruritus, purpuric eruption, rash, serum sickness-like, SLE, TEN, urticaria, vasculitis (leukocytoclastic), vesiculobullous |
sulfones | erythema nodosum |
sulfonylureas | lichenoid eruption, erythema multiforme, erythema nodosum, exfoliative dermatitis, lichenoid, photoallergic drug reaction, photosensitivity, phototoxic drug eruption, porphyria cutanea tarda, SCLE |
sulindac | chilblains-like erythema, fixed drug eruption |
suramin | acral erythema, erythema multiforme, flushing, papules (keratotic), pruritus, TEN, UV recall |
tacrolimus | hypertrichosis |
tamoxifen | cutaneous small vessel vasculitis, dermatomyositis-like, flushing, hair color change, hirsutism, vasculitis (leukocytoclastic) |
tar | acneiform eruption, folliculitis, nail color change (yellow) |
tartrazine | purpura |
tegafur | acral erythema, dermatomyositis-like, hyperpigmentation, hyperpigmentation (mucosal), LE, lichenoid, phototoxic drug eruption, stomatitis |
teniposide | alopecia, flushing, urticaria |
terbutaline | exfoliative dermatitis |
testosterone | alopecia, hypertrichosis, pruritus |
tetracycline | black hairy tongue, candidiasis, EM, erythema nodosum, exanthematous eruption, fixed drug eruption, lichenoid, nail color change (yellow), onycholysis, photosensitivity, phototoxic drug eruption, PCT, pseudoporphyria, SLE, splinter hemorrhage, TEN, urticaria, vasculitis (leukocytoclastic) |
thallium | alopecia, anagen effluvium |
theophylline | rosacea |
thiamin | histamine release |
thiazides | cutaneous small vessel vasculitis, eczema, erythema nodosum, exanthematous eruption, exfoliative dermatitis, lichenoid, onycholysis, photoallergic drug reaction, photosensitivity, phototoxic drug eruption, rash (morbilliform), purpura, SCLE, serum sickness-like vasculitis, thrombocytopenic purpura, vasculitis (leukocytoclastic), vesiculobullous |
thiobendazole | TEN |
thioguanine | stomatitis |
thiol derivatives | pemphigoid |
thiopronine | elastosis perforans serpiginosa, pemphigus vulgaris |
thioridazine | vesiculobullous |
thiotepa | alopecia, hyperpigmentation, urticaria |
thiouracil | alopecia, anagen effluvium, rash, SLE, vasculitis |
thyroid hormones | hypertrichosis |
thyrotropin-releasing hormone | flushing |
timolol | erythroderma |
tobacco | Raynaud’s d. |
tolbutamide | phototoxic drug eruption, pruritus |
tolmetin | fixed drug eruption |
tomudex | stomatitis |
topotecan | alopecia, stomatitis |
trazodone | exanthematous eruption, exfoliative dermatitis, urticaria |
triazinate | acanthosis nigricans |
tricyclic antidepressants | xerostomia |
trimethadione | acneiform eruption, alopecia, erythema multiforme, SLE |
trimethoprim | erythema multiforme, urticaria |
trimethoprim/sulfadoxine | TEN |
trimethoprim-sulfamethoxasole | erythema multiforme, erythroderma, exanthematous eruption, exfoliative dermatitis, fixed drug eruption, leukocytoclastic vasculitis, linear IgA d., rash, TEN, urticaria |
trimetrexate | flushing, urticaria |
triparanol | alopecia, ichthyosiform |
tripelennamine | pityriasiform |
tryptophan | dermatomyositis-like, eosinophilic fasciitis (contaminated), sclerosis |
vaccines | erythema nodosum, vasculitis (influenza) |
valproic acid | alopecia, scleroderma-like, TEN |
vancomycin | exfoliative dermatitis, histamine release, linear IgA d., “red man” s., TEN, vasculitis (leukocytoclastic) |
vasodilators | rosacea |
verapamil | erythermalgia, flushing, gingival hyperplasia |
vigabatrin | linear IgA d. |
vinblastine | acneiform eruption, alopecia, photoallergic drug reaction, photosensitivity, phototoxic drug eruption, stomatitis |
vincristine | acral erythema, alopecia, Raynaud’s d., stomatitis, urticaria |
vindesine | alopecia |
vinorelbine | alopecia, hyperpigmentation |
vinyl chloride | Raynaud’s d., scleroderma-like |
vitamin A | alopecia |
vitamin B complex | pruritus |
vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin) | acneiform eruption |
vitamin K (IM) | sclerosis |
vitamins | vasculitis (leukocytoclastic) |
zidovudine | exfoliative dermatitis, longitudinal pigmented nail streaks, hyperpigmentation (nail), hyperpigmentation (linear) |
zinostatin | urticaria |

