Comprehensive Dermatologic Drug Therapy

Core Questions for Understanding Systemic Dermatologic Drugs

Section 1— Pharmacology basic science Section 2— Clinical use Section 3— Severe adverse effects Section 4— Less serious adverse effects Section 5— Drug safety monitoring Section 6— Drug interactions ( see also Appendix 2) Section 7— Miscellaneous issues Section 1—Pharmacology…

Dermatologic Drug Therapy in Children

Questions Q70.1 How does the relatively high body surface area-to-body volume ratio in infants relate to a relatively high risk of complications from topical medications? (Pg. 768) Q70.2 What are (1) some of the important barriers to compliance in children,…

Compounding in Dermatology

Questions Q69.1 What are several of the driving forces for the recent increase in compounding in all of medicine? (Pg. 759) Q69.2 How are compounded preparations regulated compared with manufactured products? (Pg. 760) Q69.3 What is meant by the ‘compounding…

Informed Consent and Risk Management

Questions Q68.1 What are some of the important medical benefits (for the patient) from a truly informed consent process? (Pg. 754) Q68.2 What are important differences between ‘express’ consent and ‘implied’ consent? (Pg. 754) Q68.3 What are some malpractice and…

Cutaneous Drug Reactions With Systemic Features

Questions Q67.1 Which drugs or drug groups most commonly induce the drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS)? (Pg. 743) Q67.2 Which anticonvulsants have the potential to cause DRESS; to which category do all but one of these anticonvulsants…

Drug Interactions

Questions Q66.1 What are several drugs with a narrow therapeutic index, which increases the likelihood of relatively serious drug interactions? (Pg. 726) Q66.2 Which drugs are highly protein bound, increasing the likelihood of significant increases in free drug concentrations, when…

Dermatologic Drugs During Pregnancy and Lactation

Questions Q65.1 How did the 2015 Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling Rule change the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) format of drug labeling? ( Pg. 711 ) Q65.2 What are five general concerns all physicians should consider when prescribing drugs…

Drug-Induced Malignancy

Questions Q64.1 How can clinicians establish drug causation for all drug adverse effects, including the possibility of drug-induced malignancy? (Pg. 701) Q64.2 What are the pros and cons of using the s urveillance e pidemiology and e nd r esults…

Hematologic Toxicity of Drug Therapy

Questions Q63.1 What are two enzymes for which baseline testing serves to predict patients at risk for hematologic toxicity from drugs commonly used in dermatology? (Pgs. 690, 694, 695) Q63.2 What are some of the mechanisms by which hydroxylamine metabolites…