Hypersensitivity to paroxetine.

Author(s): Mera MT, Perez BV, Fernandez RO, Iglesias JF

Affiliation(s): Unidad de Alergia, Complexo Hospitalario de Pontevedra, Spain. teresa.soto.mera@sergas.es

Publication date & source: 2006-05, Allergol Immunopathol (Madr)., 34(3):125-6.

Publication type: Case Reports

The increasingly extensive use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors will probably increase the number of cases of cutaneous reactions due to these drugs. This report describes a case of generalized exanthema due to paroxetine. Positive results to patch tests indicated delayed hypersensitivity.