http://www.everythingacne.com/blog.php Your complete source for everything acne. Thu, 01 May 2008 01:28:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Atralin gel is the newest branded retinoid to hit the acne market. Retinoids are a key component to any acne regimen and help mainly by normalizing keratinization. In other words, it helps the skin to slough off in the normal way in an effort to prevent blocking ... http://www.everythingacne.com/blog.php/atralin-gel/ If you suffer from hormonal acne and topical medications and oral antibiotics have not helped, you may be a candidate for spironolactone. By blocking androgens, spironolactone has been shown to help hormonal acne. With all of the new medications available, one should not look beyond this more tried ... http://www.everythingacne.com/blog.php/spironolactone/ If you are looking for an oral acne medication that is not an antibiotic, then you should consider Nicomide tablets. Nicomide is a member of the vitamin B family and helps acne by fighting inflammation. The medication is typically very well tolerated and has shown to be effective ... http://www.everythingacne.com/blog.php/nicomide/ In a prior post, we introduced a new size Adoxa tablet for the treatment of acne. The new Adoxa pill comes in a 150 mg size. The advantage of this tablet is that it delivers a full 150 mg in a single dose and can be taken once ... http://www.everythingacne.com/blog.php/adoxa-150/ A recent study in Cutis magazine took a look at the overall costs of treating acne in realtionship to health status. The study found that the costs of prescription medications did not seem to be a factor in raising the annual costs of treating acne. In fact, the ... http://www.everythingacne.com/blog.php/acne-medications-and-cost-of-care/ We have spoken in prior posts that many of the oral antibtiotics used for acne treatment are sun sensitizing increasing the chance of sunburn. We wanted to take a moment to mention that two of the oral medications used for acne treatment do not increase sun senstivity and may be good ... http://www.everythingacne.com/blog.php/acne-treatment-and-the-sun/ We have commented on the problems that are arising with the iPLEDGE program and after taking a close look, we have a suggestion for those of you initiating therapy with isotretinoin. Due to the ridiculous timing constraints that the program places on office visits and receiving prescriptions, it is very difficult ... http://www.everythingacne.com/blog.php/ipledge-advice/ Well, the iPLEDGE program has been up and running for over a month now and there are still many problems that are arising. In our practice perhaps the biggest issue is the timing of follow up visits and obtaining prescriptions. In our conversations with iPLEDGE support (and we use the ... http://www.everythingacne.com/blog.php/ipledge-problems/ Well, the sun if finally starting to poke its head out a bit and we just wanted to take a moment to remind you that many of the medications used in acne treatment may causes increased sun sensitivity. The main culprits are the oral antibiotics, specifically tetracycline, doxycycline and ... http://www.everythingacne.com/blog.php/the-sun-and-oral-antibiotics/ Benzaclin is one of the most popular topical acne treatments and is a member of the combination therapy family. Currently, Benzaclin is administered in a jar that is freshly mixed at the pharmacy. We recently were informed that Dermik will soon be releasing a new packaging for the product that ... http://www.everythingacne.com/blog.php/new-benzaclin-preview/