Diuretics and skin cancer: should a common prescription come with advice to avoid sun exposure?

Markus P Schlaich^{1

2

3}, Janis Nolde¹, Revathy Carnagarin¹, Marcio G Kiuchi¹

Affiliations

¹ Dobney Hypertension Centre, School of Medicine - Royal Perth Hospital Unit/Medical Research Foundation, University of Western Australia, Crawley.
² Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia.
³ Neurovascular Hypertension & Kidney Disease Laboratory, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Editorial

Markus P Schlaich et al. J Hypertens. 2019 Oct.

. 2019 Oct;37(10):1961-1962.

doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002174.

Markus P Schlaich^{1

2

3}, Janis Nolde¹, Revathy Carnagarin¹, Marcio G Kiuchi¹

¹ Dobney Hypertension Centre, School of Medicine - Royal Perth Hospital Unit/Medical Research Foundation, University of Western Australia, Crawley.
² Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia.
³ Neurovascular Hypertension & Kidney Disease Laboratory, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Comment on

Reviewing the effects of thiazide and thiazide-like diuretics as photosensitizing drugs on the risk of skin cancer.
Kreutz R, Algharably EAH, Douros A. Kreutz R, et al. J Hypertens. 2019 Oct;37(10):1950-1958. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002136. J Hypertens. 2019. PMID: 31145177 Review.