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Fixed drug eruption to mefenamic acid: a report of three cases
Author(s) -
LONG C.C.,
FINLAY A.Y.,
MARKS R.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1992.tb00691.x
Subject(s) - mefenamic acid , medicine , drug eruption , drug , dermatology , surgery , pharmacology
Summary Mefenamic acid (Ponstan®) is widely used in the treatment of dysmenorrhoea, menorrhagia, and musculoskeletal pain. Although only 17 cases of fixed drug eruption provoked by mefenamic acid have been reported in the world literature, in a 7‐day period a further three patients with fixed drug eruption due to mefenamic acid presented to the dermatology out‐patient clinic of the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff. The lesions of all the patients became inflamed within a few hours of taking the drug, but two of the three patients failed to appreciate the association. There have been no further episodes of inflammation since the patients avoided mefenamic acid.