Drug-Induced Vasculitis

Drug-Induced Vasculitis is an inflammation of your blood vessels caused by the use of various prescription drugs. Vasculitis causes changes in the walls of your blood vessels, including thickening, weakening, narrowing and scarring. Inflammation can be short-term (acute) or long-term (chronic) and can be so severe that the tissues and organs supplied by the affected vessels don't get enough blood. The shortage of blood can result in organ and tissue damage, even death.

Drug induced Vasculitis is the most common form of vasculitis.

The differential diagnosis between drug-induced and idiopathic vasculitic conditions may be difficult in the individual patient. Because the mere withdrawal of the offending drug in the former situation is usually sufficient to attain complete remission of clinical symptoms, the distinction between these syndromes is very important. Failure to recognize a relationship with a drug can lead to fatal organ damage.
 

Most common drugs associated with  drug-induced vasculitis

• propylthiouracil

• methimazole

• carbimazole

• Ciprofloxacin