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What is the definition or description of: drug-induced lupus?

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Drug side effect: Some medications can cause those who take them to develop symptoms that look exactly like lupus. Stopping the offending drug usually fixes the problem.

Answered 10/3/2015

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Lupus with cause: It is lupus that is initiated by a medication/chemical and which usually disappears or at least lessens when exposure to the causative medication/chemical stops.

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Lupus like caused by: There are major differences between what I call while lupus and drug-induced lupus. Basically these are illnesses with some similar manifestations and clinical manifestations. Some of the manifestations like rashes and joint pain can occur in both, but kidney involvement is notfound with drug-induced lupus. There are other differences also but this is one of the main ones to discuss

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