Multiple Fixed Drug Eruption Due to Piroxicam: A Brief Case Report

Abstract

Fixed Drug Eruption (FDE) is a common cutaneous adverse drug reaction. It is characterized by recurrent lesion in the same anatomical area followed by drug rechallenge. Although NSAIDs are common agents that cause drug eruptions, piroxicam is rarely reported as the causative agent of FDE in Indonesia. Piroxicam is widely used in this region for various symptoms of joint pain. We report a piroxicam-induced FDE case in this article.

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“…Otherwise, on the pharmaceutical side, Piroxicam has been implicated in several observations [9][10][11] unlike Ramipril and Hydrochlorothiazide, indeed antihypertensive treatments are more often linked to photodistributed hyperpigmentations [12] which is not the case in our patient.…”