Appendix A
DO NOT use the Boots Smooth Skin system
if you take the following medicines or products.
These medicines or products may cause
photosensitivity. Photosensitivity is a skin
reaction that happens when you are exposed
to light.
If you take medicines that are not listed in
this table, check the leaflet that comes with
them to see if photosensitivity is listed as a
side effect (it may be described as a skin rash
which worsens when exposed to the sun,
or similar phrase).
If your medicine or product is not mentioned
here and you are unsure about using the
Boots Smooth Skin system please seek
medical advice
The list is arranged by the active ingredient
name of the medicine (check the label and
leaflet of your medicine to find this). To help
you identify medicines that you may be using
we have grouped them by the conditions
that they are used to treat.
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MEDICINES FOR CANCER
Fluoruracil
Methotrexate
MEDICINES FOR HEART
OR BLOOD VESSEL PROBLEMS
Amiodarone
Captopril
Ciprofibrate
Enalapril
Felodipine
Flecanide
Furosemide (Frusemide)
Indapamide
Lisinopril
Nifedipine
Quinidine
Simvastatin
Sotalol
MEDICINES FOR ANXIETY, DEPRESSION,
SCHIZOPHRENIA, INSOMNIA AND OTHER
MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS
Amitriptyline
Citalopram
Clomipramine
Dosulepin (Dothiepin)
Fluoxetine
Flupentixol
Fluvoxamine
Haloperidol
Nortriptyline
Paroxetine
Sertraline
St Johns Wort
MEDICINES FOR SKIN CONDITIONS SUCH
AS ACNE OR PSORIASIS
Acitretin
Isotretinoin
Psoralens
Tretinoin
MEDICINES FOR DIABETES
Tolbutamide
MEDICINES TO TREAT BACTERIAL,
FUNGAL OR VIRAL INFECTIONS
Aciclovir
Ciprofloxacin
Doxycycline
Griseofulvin
Lymecycline
Minocycline
Nalidixic acid
Norfloxacin
Sulphonamides
Terbinafine
Tetracycline antibiotics
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