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.
Answered 1/30/2015
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Many: There are many: hydralazine, procainamide, infliximab, isoniazid, minocycline, pyrazinamide , quinidine, d-penicillamine, carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine , phenytoin, propafenone, just to mention a few.
Answered 1/30/2015
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See below: Most common drugs involved in drug induced lupus are isoniazid, used to treat Rbc ;hydrazine, used to treat hypertension; and procainamide used In cardiology. Less common are sulfasalazine, quinidine, penicillamine, minocycline, methldopa, and chlorpromazine. Some of the current biologics have also been implicated.
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