Drugs that may cause Herpes Zoster as a side effect



Drug Incidence
Aciphex Tablets Rare
Actiq Less than 1%
Ambien Tablets Rare
Arava Tablets 1% to 3%
Aricept Tablets Infrequent
Bextra Tablets 0.1% to 1.9%
Campath Ampules
Casodex Tablets 2% to 5%
Celebrex Capsules 0.1% to 1.9%
CellCept Capsules, Intravenous, Oral Suspension, Tablets 4% to 10.7%
Copaxone for Injection Frequent
Doxil Injection Less than 1% to 3%
Effexor XR Capsules
Engerix-B Vaccine
Evoxac Capsules Less than 1%
Fortovase Capsules Less than 2%
Gabitril Tablets Infrequent
Gengraf Capsules 1% to less than 3%
Gleevec Tablets Infrequent
Herceptin I.V. At least one of the 958 patients
Humira Injection Less than 5%
Intron A for Injection Less than 5%
Invirase Capsules Less than 2%
Lamictal Rare
Leustatin Injection 8 episodes
Lofibra Capsules
Lupron Depot-4 Month 30 mg Less than 5%
Mustargen for Injection
Myfortic Tablets 1.9% to less than 20%
Neoral Oral Solution 1% to less than 3%
Neoral Soft Gelatin Capsules 1% to less than 3%
Neurontin Capsules Rare
Neurontin Oral Solution Rare
Neurontin Tablets Rare
Nipent for Injection 8%
Paxil Rare
Permax Tablets Infrequent
Prinivil Tablets 0.3% to 1%
Prinzide Tablets
Protonix I.V. Less than 1%
Protonix Tablets Less than 1%
Protopic Ointment Up to 3%
Prozac Pulvules and Liquid Rare
Rapamune Oral Solution and Tablets 3% to 20%
Recombivax HB
Requip Tablets Infrequent
Rescriptor Tablets
Simulect for Injection 3% to 10%
Spiriva HandiHaler 1% to 3%
Sporanox Capsules 2%
Sular Tablets Less than or equal to 1%
Tasmar Tablets Infrequent
Tricor Tablets
Trisenox Injection 8%
Twinrix Vaccine
Uniretic Tablets Less than 1%
Varivax
Vaseretic Tablets
Vasotec I.V. Injection 0.5% to 1%
Velcade for Injection 11%
Vioxx Greater than 0.1% to 1.9%