About us
Photosensitivity represents an important category of potential cutaneous side effects of several drugs with recent studies showing photosensitive potential in almost 50% of all drug prescriptions in European countries.
The database Phototox.org was initiated in order to provide a publicly available source of information on previously reported drug-induced photosensitizing side effects in literature. For each drug substance a short description summarizes previous reports on photosensitivity and a table provides information on the most relevant UV spectra (if known). In addition, the reference list provides a direct link to MEDLINE (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/) for each respective publication.
Given the plethora of drugs and reports on this topic, a classical review article can only provide a “snapshot” of current knowledge and might already be outdated by the time of publication. Phototox.org rather aims to provide a “living” review of the literature to offer regularly updated information to researchers and clinicians seeking information on this topic. A commentary section also provides the option for registered users to add comments (or even reports on side effects) to the database.
If you have questions or comments please contact us under: info@phototox.org
Institutions and people behind https://www.phototox.org
Technical expertise
- Benedikt Weber (Department of Dermatology1)
- Christoph Rinner (CeDAS1)
Project team
- Benedikt Weber (Department of Dermatology1)
- Christoph Rinner (CeDAS1)
- Amun Hofmann (Department of Dermatology1)
- Lujza Lanyi (CeDAS1)
- Aylin Sezer (Department of Dermatology1)
Scientific Advisory Board
Supporting organizations
- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
- Center for Medical Data Science - CeDAS, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
- Technology Transfer, Medical University of Vienna, Austria