Cutaneous reactions due to antihypertensive drugs

• Main Authors: Upadhayai J (Author), Nangia Anup (Author), Mukhija R (Author), Misra Mukum (Author), Mohan Lalit (Author), Singh K (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Out of a total of 1147 patients on antihypertensive drugs, 23 (2.04%) developed adverse cutaneous drug reactions (ACDR). The commonest antihypertensive drug group causing ACDR was beta-blockers of which atenolol was the commonest culprit. The second most common group was calcium channel b...