Medicines That May Cause Rashes in Children

Topic Overview

Many prescription and nonprescription medicines can cause a rash. A few common examples are:

• Antibiotics.
• Aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), and naproxen (Aleve).
• Pain medicines, such as codeine.
• Seizure medicines.

If a rash occurs after your child has begun a new medicine:

• Stop giving the medicine to your child.
• Call the doctor who prescribed or recommended the medicine to determine if another medicine needs to be prescribed.