Acitretin

25 interactions 112 cited references
Also sold as: Soriatane®
About Acitretin

Acitretin is used to treat severe psoriasis (abnormal growth of skin cells that causes red, thickened, or scaly skin). Acitretin is in a class of medications called retinoids. The way acitretin works is not known. Read the full Acitretin drug information page →

Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS
Medically reviewed by Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS · Updated Jul 11, 2026 · Editorial policy · Data sources

Sources: FDA prescribing information (Structured Product Labeling), the published literature cited in each entry, DDInter 2.0 (a major open-access drug-interaction database), and legacy DrugBank interaction data distributed by the NIH's RxNav service (decommissioned in 2024) — analyzed and reviewed by our pharmacist team. How we build this library →

Contraindicated

Acitretin Chlortetracycline An increased risk of pseudotumor cerebri (benign intracranial hypertension) Details Acitretin Demeclocycline Declomycin® An increased risk of pseudotumor cerebri (benign intracranial hypertension) Details Acitretin Doxycycline Acticlate An increased risk of pseudotumor cerebri (benign intracranial hypertension) Details Acitretin Eravacycline Xerava An increased risk of pseudotumor cerebri (benign intracranial hypertension) Details Acitretin Lymecycline An increased risk of pseudotumor cerebri (benign intracranial hypertension) Details Acitretin Meclocycline An increased risk of pseudotumor cerebri (benign intracranial hypertension) Details Acitretin Methacycline An increased risk of pseudotumor cerebri (benign intracranial hypertension) Details Acitretin Minocycline Amzeeq An increased risk of pseudotumor cerebri (benign intracranial hypertension) Details Acitretin Omadacycline Nuzyra An increased risk of pseudotumor cerebri (benign intracranial hypertension) Details Acitretin Oxytetracycline An increased risk of pseudotumor cerebri (benign intracranial hypertension) Details Acitretin Rolitetracycline An increased risk of pseudotumor cerebri (benign intracranial hypertension) Details Acitretin Sarecycline Seysara An increased risk of pseudotumor cerebri (benign intracranial hypertension) Details Acitretin Tetracycline Achromycin V® An increased risk of pseudotumor cerebri (benign intracranial hypertension) Details Acitretin Tigecycline Tygacil An increased risk of pseudotumor cerebri (benign intracranial hypertension) Details Acitretin Doxycycline Injection Acticlate An increased risk of pseudotumor cerebri (benign intracranial hypertension) Details Acitretin Eravacycline Injection Xerava An increased risk of pseudotumor cerebri (benign intracranial hypertension) Details Acitretin Minocycline Topical Amzeeq An increased risk of pseudotumor cerebri (benign intracranial hypertension) Details Acitretin Omadacycline Injection Nuzyra An increased risk of pseudotumor cerebri (benign intracranial hypertension) Details

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