Open AccessWet Your Whistles: Alcohol-Induced Flushing With Use of Topical Calcineurin Inhibitors
Author(s) -
Milam
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
cutis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.289
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 2326-6929
pISSN - 0011-4162
DOI - 10.12788/cutis.0478
Subject(s) - medicine , calcineurin , pimecrolimus , flushing , tacrolimus , dermatology , atopic dermatitis , adverse effect , ingestion , pharmacology , surgery , endocrinology , transplantation
Localized flushing after alcohol ingestion is a reported adverse effect of 2 topical calcineurin inhibitors, tacrolimus and pimecrolimus, which are approved to treat atopic dermatitis and used off label for other dermatologic conditions. We propose techniques for alleviating this phenomenon.