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Can chemotherapy cause/induce a lupus episode?
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No: There are approximately 46 drugs that have the ability to cause lupus but none of them are chemotherapeutic agents.
Answered 6/4/2014
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Can help more often: Chemotherapy can help treat lupus but certain drugs may provoke lupus. Most of the drug induced lupus cases are not wild lupus as these are actually a different type of lupus we call "drug induced lupus".Although unusual certain chemotherapeutic agents have a potential to cause drug induced lupus
Answered 8/4/2014
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