List of SJS-inducing substances

This is a list of drugs and substances that are known or suspected to cause Stevens–Johnson syndrome.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Name	Other names
Allopurinol[1]
Amoxicillin[2]
Ampicillin[2]
Azithromycin[3]	Zithromax
Barbiturates[4]
Carbamazepine[5]
Ciprofloxacin/levofloxacin/Gemifloxacin[citation needed]
Clozapine[6]	Clozaril
Cotrimoxazole[7]	Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole
Diclofenac[8]
Ethosuximide[citation needed]
Glutathione[9]
Ibuprofen[10]
Isotretinoin[11]	Accutane
Lamotrigine[12]	Lamictal
Modafinil[13]	Provigil
Nevirapine[citation needed]
Norfloxacin[14]
Oseltamivir[citation needed]
Oxicams[7]	Ampiroxicam, Piroxicam, Tenoxicam, Droxicam, Lornoxicam, Meloxicam, Isoxicam
Paracetamol[15][16]	Acetaminophen, Panadol, Tylenol
Penicillins[5]
Phenytoin[5]
Rivoraxaban[17]	Xarelto
Sitagliptin[citation needed]
Sulfonamides[2]
Tetracycline[2]

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11. Medsafe Data Sheet Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine March 8, 2005. Accessed April 26, 2007.
12. "LAMICTAL PRESCRIBING INFORMATION" (PDF). GlaxoSmithKline. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-13. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
13. "PROVIGIL PRESCRIBING INFORMATION" (PDF). Cephalon, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-05-01.
14. "Norfloxacin" (PDF). Davis. 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 27, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
15. Khawaja A, Shahab A, Hussain SA (May 2012). "Acetaminophen-induced Steven Johnson syndrome-toxic epidermal necrolysis overlap". J Pak Med Assoc. 62 (5): 524–7. PMID 22755330.
16. "Stevens-Jonhson syndrome after acetaminophen ingestion, confirmed by challenge test in an eleven-year-old patient". the Journal: Allergologia et Immunopathologia.
17. "Scientific conclusions and grounds for the variation to the terms of the marketing authorisation(s)" (PDF) (data sheet). European Medicines Agency. 6 April 2017.