Naltrexone-induced drug eruption

Johannes Heck; Katharina Burda; Thomas Hillemacher; Stefan Bleich; Dirk O Stichtenoth; Adrian Groh

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3055

Naltrexone-induced drug eruption

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Jun 23;8(10):2049-2050. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3055. eCollection 2020 Oct.

Authors

Johannes Heck^{1

2}, Katharina Burda^{2

3}, Thomas Hillemacher^{2

4}, Stefan Bleich², Dirk O Stichtenoth¹, Adrian Groh²

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Clinical Pharmacology Hannover Medical School Hannover Germany.
² Center for Addiction Research (CARe) Department of Psychiatry Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Hannover Medical School Hannover Germany.
³ KRH Psychiatry Langenhagen Langenhagen Germany.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Paracelsus Medical University Nuremberg Germany.

Abstract

Treatment of alcohol dependence with oral naltrexone may elicit an urticarial rash and angioedema. Acute spontaneous urticaria and an allergic reaction to an excipient represent important differential diagnoses.

Keywords: dermatology; pharmacology; psychiatry.

Publication types

Case Reports