What Doctors Don't Tell YouBeware of isotretinoin, the common retinoid drug used to treat severe acne. More case reports have emerged showing that the drug can cause Guillain-Barré (GB) paralysis.
DRUG ALERTS: New warnings
Minocycline has become a first line treatment in the UK for severe acne. It is also used in the US at specialist skin centres, but its more common usage there is to treat infectious diseases. ...
Retin-A is the brand name both in the UK and the US for tretinoin, which has been developed to treat acne. As such (and for its largely disputed claim to eliminate wrinkles), it is among the 50 be ...
Antibiotic treatments for acne can cause resistance to the treatment, in patients and their close contacts. ...
Q:I am 36 and have had bad acne since puberty. In October I finally went to see a dermatologist, who prescribed erythromycin and said that I should take it for a few months and then go onto a dru ...
’Tis the season that brings to mind auld acquaintances, and Roaccutane (isotretinoin), the acne drug, is fully deserving of the biggest Drug of the Month welcome.
This common skin problem sometimes requires an integrated therapeutic approach to obtain good results. ...
