DRESS

• Drug reaction with eosinophilla and systemic symptoms
• Occurs about 2-8 weeks after med exposure

S/s for DRESS

• Watch for reporting fever and widespread rash
• Facial edema, hematologic abnormalities (low platelets)

Seizure meds that cause DRESS

• Levetiracetam, clobazam
• Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine, Phenytoin

Gout drugs that cause DRESS

• Allopurinol

Antibiotics drugs that cause DRESS

• Minocycline, Vancomycin
• Sulfonamides: Dapsone, Bactrim

What is SJS and TEN

• Occur within 4 weeks of med exposure
• Skin reaction but TEN is more extensive...with blistering and skin detachment
• Listen for fever, pain, lesions