passages.id: 21421
passages.type: title
passages.text: Photodistributed nifedipine-induced facial telangiectasia.
passages.id: 21422
passages.type: abstract
passages.text: Five months after starting nifedipine (Adalat), two patients developed photodistributed facial telangiectasia, which became more noticeable with time. Neither patient complained of photosensitivity or flushing. Both patients reported a significant cosmetic improvement after discontinuing the drug. One commenced the closely related drug amlodipine 3 years later, with recurrence of telangiectasia. The photodistribution of the telangiectasia suggests a significant drug/light interaction.