Question 1

what medications cause drug-induced lupus?

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Too many to list: Numerous meds can do it. Google drug induced lupus for the complete list.

Question 2

what are  drugs that can cause drug-induced lupus?

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Different types: The classic drugs are medications that are used  for treatment of things  like heart probelms (procanamide), blood pressure (hydralazine), seizures (dilantin), etc, but not everyone who uses these drugs  get drug induced lupus. Recently some of the biologic drugs that are  used to treat rheumatoid arthritis can cause  a lupus liek syndrome. Usually stop the drug and the drug induced lupus resolves.

Question 3

what are common drugs that can cause drug-induced lupus?

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There are about 30 o: Common drugs include medications that are used  less  frequenty now:
 Hydralazine - a  blood pressure  medication;
 Isoniazid - an antituberculosis  medication;
 Procainamide - an anti arrhythmia drug
minocycline - an antibiotic
pyrazinamide - an anti tuberculosis drug
these are a  few. A recent entry into the field are the biologics that are  used to treat  rheuamtoid arthritis.

Question 4

i was wondering what are the 38 drugs that can cause drug-induced lupus?

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Search the net: Why don't you just search the internet for the list of meds known to cause a lupus-like syndrome?

Question 5

can an adverse reaction  to inderal (propranolol)  cause drug induced lupus like symptoms?

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Yes: Inderal (propranolol) may rarely caused a drug induced lupus.

Question 6

can lisinopril cause drug induced lupus that would make your immunoglobulin g raise and be elevated ?

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Unlikely: Drug induced SLE is not a common side effect of Lisinopril. You may consult this site for more information on this topic: https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/lisinopril-oral-route/side-effects/DRG-20069129

Question 7

does adderall (dextroamphetamine and racemic amphetamine) cause drug induced lupus  ? thanks !

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Not really: it can cause several different side effects but Lupus is not one of them

Question 8

are there any documented cases of drug induced lupus caused by aspirin and if so how long after discontinued do symptoms subside?

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Not exactly: on the other hand there are well recognized plain allergy to aspirin. Also, there is mastoiditis--an accentuated histamine reaction which is often triggered by aspirin.

Question 9

weak positive histone antibody, negative ana, elevated sed rate, elevated c-reactive protein. elevated white blood cell. doctor says its nothing. i believe signs point to drug induced lupus. what could this be? what causes positive histone antibody?

Accepted Answer

: It is impossible to answer your question because you do not present your pertinent medical history such as symptoms, signs, current illness(es) and medication(s). We can't make the diagnosis base on these lab results which are abnormal but relatively nonspecific.

Question 10

i had infusion of procainamide for brugada drug challenge. negative for brugada. it did cause a prolonged qt interval (baseline- 435) after procainamide - 485 normal response ? i have been feeling sick since (3 days ago.) drug induced lupus ?

Accepted Answer

: Questions about your QT interval should go to the cardiologist working with you. Without knowing the details of your sickness, it is impossible to say what is going on. Please consider an evaluation in person to get to the bottom of this.

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Weak positive histone antibody, negative ana, elevated sed rate, elevated c-reactive protein. elevated white blood cell. doctor says its nothing. i believe signs point to drug induced lupus. what could this be? what causes positive histone antibody?

A member asked:

I had infusion of procainamide for brugada drug challenge. negative for brugada. it did cause a prolonged qt interval (baseline- 435) after procainamide - 485 normal response ? i have been feeling sick since (3 days ago.) drug induced lupus ?

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