Overview Of Possible Causes And Risk Factors For Stevens-Johnson Syndrome

Anticonvulsants

Anticonvulsants seem to be common medications for preventing seizures. They also appear to treat epilepsy. However, this type of medication may also be a fairly common cause of Stevens-Johnson syndrome. Patients may need their doctor to examine their medication history if they deal with skin blistering. Other warning signs of this condition may also merit this action.

This may be especially important with anticonvulsants, as certain ones seem to cause this condition more often than others. Gabapentin appears to trigger this condition quite frequently. However, it may not be the anticonvulsant that has the highest risk of Stevens-Johnson syndrome. That medication may be phenytoin, according to research. Other high-risk medicines in this class seem to be diazepam and carbamazepine. Unfortunately, research does not appear to have discovered a clear reason why anticonvulsants may cause this condition. Some, however, seem to believe it is due to the drug's metabolites left in the patient's body.

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