PHOTO-ONYCHOLYSIS FROM MINOCYCLINE - SIDE-EFFECTS OF MINOCYCLINE THERAPY

  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 28  (1) , 53-54
Abstract
Minocycline, prescribed for a patient with acne, produced a photosensitivity reaction (photo-onycholysis) involving the fingernails. The onset of this reaction coincided with an increase in sun exposure and cleared several months later when the drug was discontinued. This type of reaction is reported in patients taking tetracycline or a member of the tetracycline group of antibiotics, of which minocycline is a member. This appears to be the 1st report of photo-onycholysis due to minocycline.

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