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Drug-induced lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune disorder caused by chronic use of certain drugs. These drugs cause an autoimmune response (the body attacks its own cells) producing symptoms similar to those of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
Hydralazine, sold under the brand name Apresoline among others, is a medication used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure. [2] This includes high blood pressure in pregnancy and very high blood pressure resulting in symptoms . [ 3 ]
Drug-induced lupus erythematosus is a (generally) reversible condition that usually occurs in people being treated for a long-term illness. Drug-induced lupus mimics SLE. However, symptoms of drug-induced lupus generally disappear once the medication that triggered the episode is stopped.
Around 90% of people with lupus are women. Common symptoms include extreme fatigue, joint pain or skin rashes. In rare cases, the disease may lead to kidney or heart damage, or weaken the immune ...
DR4 is associated with extraarticular [2] rheumatoid arthritis, [3] hydralazine-induced female systemic lupus erythematosus, [4] pemphigoid gestationis, [5] pemphigus foliaceus, [6] obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, [7] IgA nephropathy, [8] 'shared syndrome'-systemic sclerosis/rheumatoid arthritis [9] and polymyalgia rheumatica. [10]
Other symptoms to note: Petechiae is a symptom related to other illnesses (most commonly, meningitis or lupus). It happens because of inflammation in the skin and blood vessels, leading to blood ...
The oral drug, brepocitinib, did not meet the primary study goal of reduction in disease activity at week 52 in patients of SLE, in which the immune system that normally helps protect the body ...
Ninety-six percent of patients with lupus induced by procainamide will have a positive test for anti-histone antibodies, and 100% of patients whose lupus was induced by penicillamine, isoniazid, or methyldopa will have a positive test for anti-histone antibodies. In 70% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, Felty's syndrome, Sjogren's syndrome ...