Thiazides are widely used diuretics that first became available in the 1950s. The first reports of photosensitivity reactions to thiazides were published shortly after the introduction of these drugs, but few cases have been described since. We review all the cases of photosensitivity due to thiazides published up to December 2011. We found 62 cases, 33 in women and 29 in men. The most common p...

Background. The aims of this study were to assess photosensitivity (photophobia and photophilia) in panic disorder (PD) patients compared to healthy controls, and to evaluate the correlation between photosensitivity and panic-agoraphobic spectrum self-report (PAS-SR) scores. Methods. The PAS-SR and Photosensitivity Assessment Questionnaires were administered to 24 PD subjects and 33 healthy con...

In this interesting paper, the authors have successfully quantified the predictive capabilities of the single-blind, Phase IIa photosensitivity model. Most importantly, their conclusion stresses that potential AEDs showing suppression of the pathological generalized epileptogenic reaction to Intermittent Photic Stimulation (IPS) also show efficacy in phase III double-blind placebo-controlled AE...

BACKGROUND The aims of this study were to assess photosensitivity (photophobia and photophilia) in panic disorder (PD) patients compared to healthy controls, and to evaluate the correlation between photosensitivity and panic-agoraphobic spectrum self-report (PAS-SR) scores. METHODS The PAS-SR and Photosensitivity Assessment Questionnaires were administered to 24 PD subjects and 33 healthy con...