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lorazepam and Stevens-Johnson Syndrome

lorazepam has been researched along with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome in 1 studies

Lorazepam: A benzodiazepine used as an anti-anxiety agent with few side effects. It also has hypnotic, anticonvulsant, and considerable sedative properties and has been proposed as a preanesthetic agent.

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome: Rare cutaneous eruption characterized by extensive KERATINOCYTE apoptosis resulting in skin detachment with mucosal involvement. It is often provoked by the use of drugs (e.g., antibiotics and anticonvulsants) or associated with PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA. It is considered a continuum of Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"Epilepsy is very difficult to treat and often involves the combination of two or more AEDs."1.56Antiepileptic combination therapy with Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis: Analysis of a Japanese pharmacovigilance database. ( Hayashi, T; Noguchi, Y; Tachi, T; Takaoka, M; Teramachi, H, 2020)

Research

Studies (1)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19900 (0.00)18.7374
1990's0 (0.00)18.2507
2000's0 (0.00)29.6817
2010's0 (0.00)24.3611
2020's1 (100.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Noguchi, Y1
Takaoka, M1
Hayashi, T1
Tachi, T1
Teramachi, H1

Other Studies

1 other study available for lorazepam and Stevens-Johnson Syndrome

ArticleYear
Antiepileptic combination therapy with Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis: Analysis of a Japanese pharmacovigilance database.
    Epilepsia, 2020, Volume: 61, Issue:9

    Topics: Anticonvulsants; Carbamazepine; Clobazam; Clonazepam; Databases, Factual; Drug Therapy, Combination;

2020