Photosensitivity due to alprazolam with positive oral photochallenge test after 17 days administration.

Watanabe, Y; Kawada, A; Ohnishi, Y; Tajima, S; Ishibashi, A · J Am Acad Dermatol · 1999

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We describe a 65-year-old male patient with photosensitivity due to alprazolam. A photopatch test was negative. An oral photochallenge test after taking alprazolam for 17 days with UVA irradiation was positive. Alprazolam, a lipid-soluble drug, may require long duration of administration to cause photosensitivity.

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