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