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Photosensitizing Medication List
Natural oils found in perfumes and colognes which contain furocoumarins, compounds from natural products such as plants and fruits, can sensitize the skin to sunlight. Food and fruits that contain photosensitizing agents: celery, carrots, lime, coriander, parsley, fennel, dill buttercup, mustard and figs.
Some known photosensitizing medications are listed below by name. If you are not sure if your medication(s) are photosensitizing check with your physician or pharmacist.
Acetohexamide (Dymelor)
Acridine preparations (slight)
Agave Lechuguilla (amaryllis)
Agrimony
9-Aminoacrdine
Aminobenzoic Acid
Amitriptyline (Elavil, etc.)
Anesthetics (Procaine group)
Angelica
Anthracene
Antimalarials
Arsenicals
Barbiturates
Bavachi (corylifolia)
Benzene
Benzopyrine
Bergamot (perfume)
Bithionol (Actamer, Lorothidol)
Blankophores (sulfa derivatives)
Bulosemide (Jadit)
Bromchlorsalicylanilid
4-Butyl-4-Chlorosalicyianilide
Carbamazepine (Tegretol)
Carbinoxamine d-form (Twiston
R-A)
Carbutamide (Nadisan)
Cedar Oil
Celery
Chlorophyll
Chloroquine
Chlorothiazide (Diuril)
Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
Chlorpropamide (Diabinese)
Chlortetracycline (Aureomycin)
Citron Oil
Citrus Fruits
Clover
Coal Tar
Compazine
Contraceptives, Oral
Demeclocycline (Declomycin,
Demethylchlortetracycline)
Desipramine
(Norpramin, Pertofrane)
Diabinese
Dibenzopyran derivatives
Dicyanine-A
Diethylstilbestrol
Digaloyl trioleate (suncreen)
Dilantin
Dill
Diuril
Doxycycline
L-Tryptophan
Estrone
5-Fluorouracil
Glyceryl P-Aminobenzoate
(sunscreen)
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Gold Salts
Grass (meadow)
Griseofuivin (Fulvicin)
Hematoporphyrin
Hexachlorophene (rare)
Hydrochlorothiazide
(Esidrix, HydroDiuril)
Imipramine HCL (Tofranil)
Isothipencyl (Theruhistin)
Isothipendly (Theruhistin)
Lady's Thumb (tea)
Lantinin
Lavender oil
Lime oil
Meclothiazide (Enduron)
Mepazine (Pacatal)
9-Mercaptopurine
Methoxsalen (Meloxine,
Oxsoralen)
5-Methoxypsoralen
8-Methoxypsoralen
Monoglycerol
para-aminobenzoate
Mustards
Nalidixic Acid (NegGram)
Naphthalene
Neuroleptics
Nortriptyline (Aventyl)
Orinase
Oxytetracycline (Terramycin)
Para-dimethylaminoazobenzene
Paraphenylenediamine
Parsley
Parsnips
Penicillin derivatives (Griseofulvin)
Perloline
Perphenazine (Trilaton)
Phenanthrene Phenazine dyes
Phenolic compounds
Phenothiazines (dyes)
Phenoxazine Phenylbutazone
(Butazolidin)
Phenytoin (Dilantin)
Porphyrins
Premarin
Profriptyline (Vivactil)
Promazine Hydrochloride
(Sparine)
Promethazine Hydrochloride
(Phenergan)
Psoralens
Pyrathiazine Hydrochloride
(Pyrrolazote)
Pyridinc
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Quinethazone (Hydromax)
Quinine
Rue
Salicylanilides
Salicylates
Sandalwood oil (perfume)
Silver salts
Smartweed (tea)
Sparine
Stilbamidine Isethionate
Sulfacetamide
Sulfadiazine
Sulfadimethoxine
Sulfaguanidine
Sulfanilamide
Sulfamerazine
Sulfamethazine
Sulfapyridine
Sulfathiazole
Sulfonamides
Sulfisomidine (Elkosin)
Sulfonylureas (antidiabetics)
Temaril
Terramycin
Tetrachlorsalicylanilide (TCSA)
Tetracyclines
Thiazides (Diuril, HydroDiuril, etc.)
Thiophene
Thiopropazate Dilhydrochloride
(Dartal)
Thorazine
Tolbutamide (Orinase)
Toluene
Tribromosalicylanilide (TBS)
Trichlormethiazide (Metahydrin)
Tridione
Trilafon
Triethylene Melamine (TEM)
Triflupromazine Hydrochloride
(Vesprin)
Trimeprazine Tartrate (Temaril)
Trimethadione (Tridione)
Tripyrathiazine
Trypaflavine
Trypan Blue
Vanilla Oils
Water Ash
Xylene
Yarrow
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