Abstract
Adverse drug reactions commonly involve the skin and represent a significant proportion of all drug‐induced illnesses. Most of the times, adverse cutaneous reactions are not severe and only a few are fatal. Real incidence of cutaneous adverse drug reaction is not known. Due to rampant and multiple drug use, there is difficulty finding the culprit drug, so diagnosis of adverse drug reaction and management becomes difficult.
Highlights
Adverse drug reactions commonly involve the skin and represent a significant proportion of all drug‐induced illnesses
Self-medication, polypharmacy and over the counter drug is known to contribute to Adverse Drug Reactions either by the drug itself or by causing an interaction with a prescription drug.[2]
For estimating the probability that a specific drug is responsible for an Adverse Drug Reaction, several scales have been developed
Summary
Adverse drug reactions commonly involve the skin and represent a significant proportion of all drug‐induced illnesses. Adverse cutaneous reactions are not severe and only a few are fatal. Drug eruptions are reversible, abating spontaneously after the offending drug is withdrawn.[1] Different morphological pattern of cutaneous adverse drug reaction has different pathophysiology and immune mediated hypersensitivity is involved in most of them.
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