Generalized Skin Rashe After Oral Administration of Ayurvedic Drugs: An Unintened Drug Reaction

We report a case of skin rashes that occurred in a 20-year-old South Indian female of Pittakaphala prakruthi (constitution) after beginning therapy with Aragwadadi kashaya (poly-herbal formulation) and syp talekt (poly-herbal patent formulation) for the treatment of reccurent incidence of abscess. Rash disappeared after stopping the suspected drug and treatment with Vibhitaki kashaya (decoction of Terminilia bellarica) and Shatadauta gruta (washed ghee). Possible and Probable (Score 6) were the causality according to WHO-UMC and Naranjo’s ADR Probability Scale and grouped under type-B reaction. To our knowledge, this is the first case of skin rashes induced by Aragwadadi kashaya and syp talekt. This report highlights the need of implementation of Pharmacovigilance centre in hospital level and additional research in the field of skin toxicity of Aragwadadi kashaya and syp talekt. *Corresponding author: Manjunath Ajanal, Research Associate, KLEU Shri BMK Ayurved, Mahavidhyalaya, Belgaum, Karnataka – 590003, India, Tel:+09036616510; E-mail: [email protected] Received July 01, 2013; Accepted July 29, 2013; Published August 04, 2013 Citation: Ajanal M, Prasad BS (2013) Generalized Skin Rashe After Oral Administration of Ayurvedic Drugs: An Unintened Drug Reaction. J Homeop Ayurv Med 2: 128. doi:10.4172/2167-1206.1000128 Copyright: © 2013 Ajanal M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.