A new analysis of data from an earlier study found that an acne medication that was investigated as a possible preventive treatment for skin cancer did not cause the excessive deaths that led to the premature termination of that study.
The earlier study, known as the Veterans Affairs Topical Tretinoin Chemoprevention (VATTC) trial, ran from 1998 [...]
Epiduo, a new once-a-day prescription gel that combines adapalen and benzoyl peroxide for the topical treatment of mild-to-moderate acne, is now on pharmacy shelves. The gel, which is marketed by Galderma Laboratories, received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval late last year.
Both the retinoid adapalen and the antimicrobial benzoyl peroxide have a long history of [...]
Researchers from the Department of Immunology at the Jagiellonian University Medical College in Cracow have published a study on the use of taurine bromamine (TauBr) as a topical treatment for acne vulgaris, particularly for patients’ whose acne is antibiotic resistant. They compared patients on Clindamycin gel, a common topical antibiotic, with patients on TauBr. A [...]
Topical therapies are a staple of treating acne vulgaris. They are highly effective for the most part, however many have reported irritation and dryness when using them. Recently a pilot study was published by Zhen Y, Stoudemayer M, Vamvakias G, Kligman AM. Of SKIN Inc of Conshohocken, PA, which compared skin hydration in 36 healthy [...]
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