Do you know which medicine cause dry skin?

Afsane AminGhafouri 2018-11-11 Beauty and skin and hair, Skin and hair diseases Comments Off on Do you know which medicine cause dry skin? 274 Views

Dry skin: medicine are widely used to affect biological systems in the body, which may also have undesirable or unwanted effects.

According to the definition of the World Health Organization, the adverse effects of the drug are unwanted and harmful to the use of drugs that are used in conventional doses to prevent, diagnose or treat the disease or change the physiological function of the body.

Adverse drug reactions account for about 10% of hospitalizations and cause about 100,000 deaths a year, and 6% of admitted patients have side effects.

This article explores chemical drugs that have side effects on the skin such as pruritus, dry skin or redness.

Retinol

Retinol and its similar compounds have a direct effect on the skin.

Eliminating wrinkles

Stop the aging process

Irritation of the skin to collagen secretion

Side effects on the skin

The use of retinol causes dryness and inflammation of the skin.

People with extremely sensitive skin or skin diseases such as rosacea and eczema may not be able to tolerate these complications.

In addition, the use of retinol can make the skin sensitive to sunlight, and, once exposed to sunlight, it becomes severe in sunburn.

Roaccutane

Roaccutane or Isotretinoin capsules is a medicine of vitamin A derivatives that is most commonly used to treat severe skin acne.

Side effects on the skin

Dry skin and lips are very common side effects. For safety, don’t have any waxing, dermabrasion, or laser skin treatment while you’re taking this medicine and for at least 6 months after you stop, as this could cause scarring or skin irritation.

skin becoming more sensitive to sunlight
dry eyes
dry throat
dry nose and nosebleeds
headaches and general aches and pains

Clobetasol Topical

Clobetasol topical is used to treat the itching, redness, dryness, crusting, scaling, inflammation, and discomfort of various scalp and skin conditions, including psoriasis (a skin disease in which red, scaly patches form on some areas of the body) and eczema (a skin disease that causes the skin to be dry and itchy and to sometimes develop red, scaly rashes).