November 18th, 2006, by David Pascoe | ocular rosacea
Interesting preliminary statistical result that children with a style between the ages of 2-17 have a higher chance of developing ocular rosacea in adulthood. Steve, has posted this comment to rosacea-support, “Seems logical to me. I had a terrible problem with styes and chalazions when I was young, but had perfect skin until I hit 21. After that it was rosacea big time!”, also arteest103 says “This is …
November 16th, 2006, by David Pascoe | tetracyclines
In a recently published paper (previously mentioned only via the Abstract – Tetracyclines: their non-antibiotic properties ) we can read some more about how the regular, non-antibiotic (low dose) and chemically modified tetracycline analogues target rosacea.
Tetracyclines: nonantibiotic properties and their clinical implications., Journal American Academy of Dermatology, 2006 Feb;54(2):258-65., Allen N. Sapadin MD, and Raul Fleischmajer MD.
Mechanisms of action of tetracycline and tetracycline …
November 14th, 2006, by David Pascoe | tetracyclines
Rosacea News first wrote about Col-3 in August 2005 – COL-3 new tetracycline derivative being studied. We’ve also mentioned that COL-3 was renamed to Incyclinide – Incyclinide (CollaGenex) gets NIH Funding and Incyclinide phase 2 for acne.
In a recently published paper (previously mentioned only via the Abstract – Tetracyclines: their non-antibiotic properties ) we can read some more information about Incyclinide …
November 8th, 2006, by David Pascoe | fact sheets, topicals
As we are seeing topical products that promote caffeine or caffeine extracts, it is interesting to consider if and how there are any possible benefits for rosacea sufferers. Here are some published articles detailing possible benefits of topical caffeine ;
Evaluation of the efficacy of topical caffeine in the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris. J Dermatolog Treat. 2005;16(4):234-7, Vali A, Asilian A, Khalesi E, Khoddami L, …
November 4th, 2006, by David Pascoe | acne treatments, clinical trials
A recently published paper Oral zinc sulfate in the treatment of rosacea: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study, (Int J Dermatol. 2006 Jul;45(7):857-61) concluded that “Zinc sulfate was found to be a good option in the treatment of rosacea, as it was safe, effective and lacking important side-effects.” (Interestingly, this trial was from patients who attended the outpatient Clinic of Dermatology and Venereology at Baghdad Teaching Hospital between October 2002 and August …
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