Medications can cause many different types of skin reactions. This particular appearance is called a "fixed drug eruption. This type of reaction typically happens in the same location when the person uses the same medication again.
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Update Date:
August 6, 2008
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Stuart I. Henochowicz, MD, FACP, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical School. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.