Oral retinoids can cause birth defects, and women should avoid acitretin when pregnant or trying to conceive.
Used for the treatment of Darier disease (keratosis follicularis).
- TRADE NAMES: Neotigason (Actavis); Soriatane (Stiefel)
- INDICATIONS: Psoriasis
- CLASS: Antipsoriatic agent, Retinoid
- HALF-LIFE: 49 hours
- CLINICALLY IMPORTANT, POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS INTERACTIONS WITH:
Alcohol, Bexarotene, Chloroquine, Cholestyramine, Corticosteroids, Coumarins, Danazol, Demeclocycline, Doxycycline, Ethanolamine, Isotretinoin, Lithium, Lymecycline, Medroxyprogesterone, Methotrexate, Minocycline, Oxytetracycline, Phenytoin, Progestins, Sarecycline, St John's Wort, Tetracycline, Tigecycline, Vitamin A
- See adverse reactions attributed to class:
CONTRA-INDICATED IN PREGNANCY
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