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Drugs Reported to Induce Lupus-Like Disease

Agent Risk Agent Risk
Antiarrhythmics
Antithyroidals
Procainamide (Pronestyl) high Propylthiouracil (Propyl-thyracil) low
Quinidine (Quinaglute) moderate

Disopyramide (Norpace) very low

Propafenone (Rythmol) very low

Antihypertensives
Antibiotics
Hydralazine (Apresoline) high Isoniazid (INH) low
Methyldopa (Aldomet) low Nitrofurantoin (Macrodantin) very low
Captopril (Capoten)lowMinocycline (Minocin)low
Acebutolol (Sectral)low

Enalapril (Vasotec)very low

Clonidine (Catapres)very lowAnti-Inflammatories
Atenolol (Tenormin)very lowD-Penicillamine (Cuprimine)low
Labetalol (Normodyne, Trandate)very lowSulfasalazine
(Azulfidine)
low
Pindolol (Visken)very lowPhenylbutazone
(Butazolidin)
very low
Minoxidil (Loniten)very lowDiuretics
Prazosin (Minipress)very lowChlorthalidone (Hygroton)very low


Hydrochlorothiazide (Diuchlor h)very low
AgentRiskAgentRisk
Antipsychotics
Miscellaneous
Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)lowLovastatin (Mevacor)very low
Perphenazine (Trilafon)very lowLevodopa (Dopar)very low
Phenelzine (Nardil)very lowAminoglutethimide (Cytadren)very low
Chlorprothixene (Taractan)very lowAlpha-interferon (Wellferon)very low
Lithium carbonate (Eskalith)very lowTimolol eye drops (Timoptic)very low
Anticonvulsants


Phenytoin (Dilantin)very low

Carbamazepine (Tegretol)low

Trimethadione (Tridone)very low

Primidone (Mysoline)very low

Ethosuximide (Zarontin)very low

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