Factors may trigger or worsen exacerbations Warm weather Surgery Immunization Emotional stress Menstruation Intercurrent illness (eg, viral infection) Tapering of immunosuppression Pregnancy and postpartum period Worsening of chronic medical illnesses (cardiac, renal, autoimmune, etc.) Medication (eg, aminoglycosides, ciprofloxacin, telithromycin. clindamycin, phenothiazines, chlorpromazine, diazepam, halothane, ketamine, lidocaine, procain, non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents, chloroquine, procaine, lithium, phenytoin, beta-blockers, procainamide, calcium channel blockers, d-penicillamine, high-dose prednisone, magneisum).