Anthralin
Common brand names:
Dritho-Scalp, Psoriatec, Anthra-Dern, Anthralin, DrithocremeAnthralin is a drug applied only to affected skin areas to treat psoriasis.
Summary of Interactions with Vitamins, Herbs, & Foods
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Anthralin
Vitamin E
Anthralin can cause inflammation of the skin. A preliminary study found that topical use of vitamin E was able to protect against this side effect. This report used a tocopherol form of the vitamin rather than tocopheryl. This makes sense, as there is no conclusive proof that the tocopheryl forms (which require an enzyme to split vitamin E from the fatty acid to which it is attached) have any activity on the skin.
Vitamin EAnthralin- Finnen MJ, Lawrence CM, Shuster S. Inhibition of dithranol inflammation by free-radical scavengers. Lancet 1984;ii:1129-30.
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