Allergy from fragrance in pharmaceutical products

One reader send me today a link that changed my day. It'a about an article that describes the allergies to fragrance ingredients contained in topical pharmaceutical products, a study from 1978 to 2008. My surprise was that I've never thought that pharmaceutical products would contain fragrance ingredients (in order to correct their scent I suppose like it is the case for flavors in sirups) and less to the amount indicated in the study.
The conclusion of the article : Fragrances, the presence of which is in most cases unnecessary, do contribute to iatrogenic allergic contact dermatitis. Moreover, sensitized patients have difficulties in avoiding their specific allergens because standardized labelling of the ingredients in pharmaceutical products is lacking.

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