Photosensitive Drugs There are many medications listed below that can increase the clients chance of reaction

to the laser or IPL. If they are taking any of these medications you must warn them that they have an increased chance of having an adverse reaction to treatment. Treatment settings should be adjusted to help account for this tendency. ISMs should be closely monitored. It is best to use conservative treatment settings. This does not exclude the chance that they may have an adverse reaction so they still must be warned. The list below is not exhaustive and many over the counter vitamins and natural remedies may cause photosensitivity. Please advise your client appropriately. Whenever uncertain, do a test spot and recheck in 2 days. Always document the measures taken in their treatment record
Antihistamines Allergy Medications Antihypertensives (blood pressure)

Azatadine (optimine and trinalin)

Clemastine (Tavist)

Cyproheptadine (Periactin and others) Diphenhydramine (Benadryl and others)

Tripelannamine (PBZ)
Antipsychotic Drugs

Captopril (Capten) Diltiazem (Cardizem and others) Methyldopa (Aldomet and others) Minoxidil (Loniten and others) Nifedipine (Procardia and others)
Antiparasitic Drugs

Chlorpromzine (Thorazine and others) Chlorprotixene (Taractan) Fluphenazine (Permitil and others) Haloperidol (Haldol and others) Perphenazine (Trilafon and others)

Bithionol (Bitin) Chloroquine (Aralen and others) Pyrvinium pamoate (Povan) Qunine
Thiabendazole

Piperacetazine (Quide) Prochlorperazine (Compazine and others)

Anti-seizure, Sedatives, Muscle Relaxants

Pomethazine (Mepergan and others) Thioridazine (mellaril and others) Thiothixane (Navane and others) Trifluoperazine (Stelazine and others) Thioflupromazine (Vesprin) Trimeprazine (Temaril)
Cardiovascular Drugs

Carbamazepine Cyclobenzapine Diazepam

Mepromate Phenobarbitol Phytoin

Diuretics (Water Pills)

Amiodarone (Cordarone) Atenolol (Tenormin) Captopril (Capoten) Disopyramide (Norpace) Nifedipine (Adalat and Procardia) Propanolol (Inderal and others) Qunidine gluconate (Quinaglut and others) Qunidine sulfate (Quinidex and others)

Acetazolamide (Diamox and others) Amiloride (Midamor and others) Bendroflumethiazide (Naturetine) Chlorothiazide (Diuril and others)
Furosimide (Lasix and others)

Hydrochlorthiazide Hydroflumethiazide Methylcothiazide

Verapamil (Calan, Veralan and others)

Polythiazide

Quinethazone Trichlormethiazide

Acne Medication Isotretinoin (Accutane) must be off for 3 months before starting any treatments Tretinoin (RetinA) wait 2 days after FotoFacial and Microdermabraision before using
NSAIDS

Anti-Depressants

Diclofenac Fenoprofen Fluriprofen Indomethacin Ketoprofen Meclofanamate Naproxen Phenylbutazone Piroxicam

Sulindac

Amitriptyline Amoxapine Clomipramine Doxepin Imipramine

Isocarboxazid

Maprotiline
Phenelzine

Protriptyline
Trazadone

Trimipromine If they are on a short-term medication i.e. an antibiotic for 2 weeks (as antibiotics are the most photosensitive), then they should delay the start of their treatment until 3 days after their last laser dose. If they are on a long-term medication i.e. Minocycline they should discontinue taking the medication 3 days before their treatment and 3 days after their treatment. Antimicrobials (Antibiotics and Antifungal Medications)
Ciprofloxacin (Cipro)
Clofazimine (Lamprene) Dapsone Demeclocycline (Declamycin and others)

Oxytetracycline (Terramycin) Pyrazinamide Sulfonamides (italicized)

Sulfacytine (Renoquid)

Doxycycline (Vibramycin and others)

Enoxacine (Penetex)

Flucytosine (Ancobon) Griseafulvin (Fulvicin-U/F and others)

Ketoconazole (Nizoral)

Lomefloxacine (Maxaquin) Methacycline (Rondomycin) Minocycline (Minocin and others)

Nalidixic acid (NeGram and others)

Sulfadoxine-pryimethamine (Fansidar) Sulfamethazine (Neotrizine) Sulfamethizole (Thisulfil & Urobiotics) Sulfamethoxazole (Gantanol & others) Sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprin (Bactrim) Sulfasalzine (Azulfidine and others) Sulfathiazole
Sulfisoxazole

Narfloxacin (Noroxin)

Tettacycline (Achromycin and others) Trimethoprim (Proloprim and others)

Ofloxacin(Floxin)