Abstract
Meprobamate is usually a safe drug prescribed for anxiety disorders. Fixed drug eruption (FDE) is an exceptional cutaneous adverse effect of this drug. We report a case of FDE induced by meprobamate with positive patch test. A 22-year-old woman was prescribed for depression meprobamate, aceprometazine, valpromide and lorazepam. On the second day of treatment, the patient presented red erythematous and pruriginous plaques in the limbs and the face. After stopping the previous treatment, the patient's lesions resolved completely within 3 weeks with residual pigmentation. One month later, patch tests were performed and were positive to meprobamate. Exceptional cases of FDE were reported in literature with meprobamate. None has reported the use of patch test to confirm the diagnosis.
Keywords: Fixed drug eruption, meprobamate, patch-test.
Current Drug Safety
Title:Meprobamate-Induced Fixed Drug Eruption
Volume: 9 Issue: 2
Author(s): Ahmed Zaiem, Widd Kaabi, Talel Badri, Ghozlane Lakhoua, Rym Sahnoun, Sarrah Kastalli, Riadh Daghfous, Mohamed Lakhal and Sihem El Aidli
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Keywords: Fixed drug eruption, meprobamate, patch-test.
Abstract: Meprobamate is usually a safe drug prescribed for anxiety disorders. Fixed drug eruption (FDE) is an exceptional cutaneous adverse effect of this drug. We report a case of FDE induced by meprobamate with positive patch test. A 22-year-old woman was prescribed for depression meprobamate, aceprometazine, valpromide and lorazepam. On the second day of treatment, the patient presented red erythematous and pruriginous plaques in the limbs and the face. After stopping the previous treatment, the patient's lesions resolved completely within 3 weeks with residual pigmentation. One month later, patch tests were performed and were positive to meprobamate. Exceptional cases of FDE were reported in literature with meprobamate. None has reported the use of patch test to confirm the diagnosis.
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Zaiem Ahmed, Kaabi Widd, Badri Talel, Lakhoua Ghozlane, Sahnoun Rym, Kastalli Sarrah, Daghfous Riadh, Lakhal Mohamed and Aidli El Sihem, Meprobamate-Induced Fixed Drug Eruption, Current Drug Safety 2014; 9 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1574886309666140121105737
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1574886309666140121105737 |
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Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 2212-3911 |
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