Fixed drug eruption due to flupirtine: A case report with review of literature


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Case Report

Author :

Kamal Singh Bhadoria, Anubhav Garg, Sushma Garg

Volume :

2

Issue :

4

Abstract :

Fixed drug eruptions (FDE) are common cutaneous adverse drug reactions, commonly caused by antibiotics and analgesics. Flupirtine, a selective potassium channel opener is non-opoid, non- NSAID analgesic used for the treatment for musculoskeletal pain. Of all the mentioned side effects of flupirtine in literature, fixed drug eruption is absent. Here, we report a case of 55-year-old female of FDE due to flupirtine.

Keyword :

Flupirtine, Fixed drug eruption, FDE