How to Affect Medications on Your Skin?
Taking vitamins, diet pills, and many other medications can change the appearance of your skin, hair, and nails. Very dry skin can result from taking thyroid medication and high doses of vitamin A.
Hives can develop from hundreds of medications, usually aspirin, penicillin, and sulfa. Acne and oily skin are frequent side effects of low-dose birth control pills, anti-epilepsy medication, and cortisone-like drugs. You can develop sun poisoning if you get too much sun while taking sulfa drugs, high blood pressure pills, oral contraceptives, or medicines with tetracycline. A rash that looks a lot like measles can show up if you're taking penicillin, ampicillin, sleeping pills, or Librium. Low-dose birth control pills, thyroid medication, male hormones, and a variety of drugs used to treat cancer, can all cause hair to fall out.
Hives can develop from hundreds of medications, usually aspirin, penicillin, and sulfa. Acne and oily skin are frequent side effects of low-dose birth control pills, anti-epilepsy medication, and cortisone-like drugs. You can develop sun poisoning if you get too much sun while taking sulfa drugs, high blood pressure pills, oral contraceptives, or medicines with tetracycline. A rash that looks a lot like measles can show up if you're taking penicillin, ampicillin, sleeping pills, or Librium. Low-dose birth control pills, thyroid medication, male hormones, and a variety of drugs used to treat cancer, can all cause hair to fall out.
All of these side effects shouldn't discourage you from taking your medicines, but you should know what might happen when you do. If you think you are developing an unusual reaction from some type