Operation Manual

TANNING SENSITIVITY
MEDICATION LIST
Perfumes and colognes containing furocoumarins,
Compounds from natural products such as plants and fruits.
Their natural oils can sensitize the skin to sunlight.
Food and fruits that contain photosensitizing agents: celery, carrots, lime, coriander, parsley, fennel, dill, buttercup, mustard and figs.
A partial list of known photosensitizing medications is listed below by name:
ACETOHEXAMIDE (DYMELOR) ACRIDINE PREPARATIONS (SLIGHT) AGAVE LECHUGUILLA (AMARYLLIS)
AGRIMONY 9-AMINOACRIDINE AMINOBENZOIC ACID
AMITRIPTYLINE (ELAVIL, ETC.) ANESTHETICA (PROCAINE GROUP) ANGELICA
ANTHRACENE ANTIMALARIALS ARSENICALS
BARBITURATES BAVACHE (CORYLIFOLIA) BENEZENE
BENZOPYRINE BERGAMOT (PERFUME) BITHIONAL (ACTAMER, LOROTHIDOL)
BLANKOPHORES (SULFA DERIVATIVES) BULOSEMIDE (JADIT) BROMCHLORSALICYLANILID
4-BUTYL-4-CHLOROSALICYLANILIDE CARBAMAZEPINE (TEGRETOL) CARBINOXAMINE D-FORM (TWISTON R-A)
CARBUTAMIDE (NADISAN) CARROTS, WILD CEDAR OIL
CELERY CHLOROPHYLL CHLOROTHIAZIDE (DIURIL)
CHLORPROMAZINE (THORAZINE) CHLORTETRACYCLINE (AUREOMYCIN) CITRON OIL
CITRUS FRUITS CLOVER COAL TAR
CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL DEMECLOCYCLINE DECLOMYCIN
DIMETHYLCHLORTETACYCLINE DESIPRAMINE (NORPRAMIN,
PERTOFRANE)
DIBENZOPYRAN DERIVATES
DICYANINE-A DIETHYLSTILBESTROL DIGALLOYL TRIOLEATE SUNSCREEN
DILL DIPHENHYDRAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE EOSIN (SLIGHT)
ESTRONE FENNEL FLOURESCEIN DYES
5-FLOUROURACIL GLYCERYL P-AMINOBENZOATE GOLD SALTS
GRASS (MEADOW) GRISEOFULVIN (FULVICIN) HEMATOPORPHYRIN
HEXACHLOROPHENE (RARE) HEXACHLOROTHIAZIDE (ESIDRIX) IMIPRAMINIE HCL (TOFRANIL)
ISOTHIPENCYL (THERUHISTIN) ISOTHIPENDYL LADY’S THUMB (TEA)
LANTININ LAVENDER OIL LIME OIL
MECLOTHIAZIDE (ENDURON) MEPAZINE (PACATAL) 9-MERCAPTOPURINE
METHOTRIMEPRAZINE (LEVOPROME) METHOXSALEN (MELOYINE, OXSORALEN) 5-METHOXYPSORALEN
8-METHOXYPSORALEN MONOGLYCERAL PARA-AMINOBENZOATE MUSTARDS
NALIDIXIC ACID NAPTHALENE NORTRIPTYLINE (A VENTYL)
OXYTETRACYCLINE (TERRAMICIN) PARA-DIMETHLAMINOAZOBENZENE PARAPHENYLENEDIAMINE
PARSLEY PARSNIPS PENICILLIN DERIVATIVES
PERIOLINE PERPHENAZINE )TRILAFON) PENANTHRENE
PHENAZINE DYES PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS PHENOTHIAZINES (DYES, METHYLENE
BLUE)
PHENOXAZINES PHENYLBUTAZONE (BUTAZOLIDIN) PHENYTIOIN (DILANTIN)
PITCH AND PITCH FUMES PORPHYRINS PROCHLORPERAZINE
PROMAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE PROFRIPTYLINE PSORALENS
PYRATHIAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE PYRIDINE QUINETHAZONE (HYDROMOX)
QUYININE ROSE BENGAL PERFUME RUE
SALICYLANILIDES SALICYLATES SANDALWOOD OIL (PERFUME)
SILVER SALTS SMARTWEED (TEA) STILBAMIDINE ISETHIONATE
SULFACETAMIDE SULFADIAZINE SULFADIMETHOXINE
SULFAGUANIDINE SULFANILAMIDE (SLIGHT) SULFAMERAZINE
SULFAMETHANIZINE SULFAPYRIDINE SULFATHIAZOLE
SULFONAMIDES SULFAISOMIDINE (ELKOSIN) SULFONYLUREAS (ANTIDIABETICS)
TETRACHLORSALICYLANILIDE TRETACYCLINES THIAZIDES (DIURIL, HYDRODIURIL)
THIOPHENE THIOPROPAZATE DIHYDROCHLORIDE TOLBUTAMIDE (ORINASE)
TOLUENE TRIBROMOSALICYLANILIDE (TBS) TRICHLORMETHIAZIDE (METHAHYDRIN)
TRIDIONE TRIETHYLENE MELAMINE (TEM) TRIFLUPROMAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE
(VESPRIN)
TRIMEPRAZINE TARTRATE (TEMARIL) TRIMETHADIONE (TRIDIONE) TRIPYRATHIAZINE
TRYPATLAVINE TRYPAN BLUE VANILLIN OILS
WATER ASH XYLENE YARROW
A FEW QUESTIONS THAT ARE FREQUENTLY ASKED:
Question
- How far away from the tanning lamps should the body be positioned?
Answer - To within 10 to 15 centimeters (4 to 6 inches)
Question
- Does indoor tanning provide protection against sunburn outdoors?
Answer - No, indoor tanning is cosmetic only. Use lotions with high SPF outdoors
Question
- Should a woman tan indoors during pregnancy?
Answer - Always consult your doctor before tanning during pregnancy.
Important note: Not everyone has the same skin type or tanning propensity. This needs to
be taken into serious consideration when calculating a proper exposure schedule.
REVISED: 11/20/01 Page 10