On this late summer episode, Chris Bender of the OPTICS clinical pharmacy team sheds light - sunlight in particular - on drug-induced photosensitivity. He breaks down phototoxicity and photoallergy and how exactly the sun causes these conditions, cites the most common medications susceptible to photosensitivity, and talks about treatment. We also discuss the relationship between drugs and heat-related illness, how drugs impair thermoregulation, and what medications are prone to heat risk. Grab a cool beverage for this one.

Further Reading/Mentioned in the Show:

"The Sun and Your Medicine" - FDA

https://www.fda.gov/drugs/special-features/sun-and-your-medicine

"Heat-Related Illnesses" - American Family Physician

https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2019/0415/p482.html