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Doryx + Applesauce, for Those Who Can’t Swallow Tablets

If you have trouble swallowing tablets, here is an official FDA sanctioned tip. Open the tablet and sprinkle the delayed release pellets on to a spoonful of applesauce. This is a good option for anyone who …

 

100mg a day of Doxycycline is no better than Oracea

Collagenex is reporting today that Oracea is equally effective as 100mg of doxycycline. This latest press release is a culmination of a trial that we have reported previously – oracea plus metrogel, better than 100mg doxycycline plus metrogel ? and also a 2007 SkinMed paper; maximum effective dose of doxycycline is 40mg a day.

The main point of the trial …

 

Get Ready for Oracea for Treating Ocular Rosacea

Thanks for the tip from Ben. A clinical trial listed for treating both facial and ocular rosacea with Oracea suggests that Oracea might soon be marketed directly as an ocular rosacea treatment.

This phase 2 trial’s purpose is to determine the safety and efficacy of sub-antimicrobial dose doxycycline in the treatment of patients who have both blepharitis and facial rosacea.

The trial is due to complete …

 

Maximum Effective Dose of Doxycycline is 40mg a Day

There has been a lot of copy written about so-called low dose or anti-inflammatory dose doxycycline. This form of antibiotic therapy is one of the more promising recent therapeutic developments ; it will likely become a widely known and available treatment.

This recently published paper shows that a daily dose of 40mg of doxycycline is as effective in reducing the lesions of …

 

Oracea plus Metrogel, Better than 100mg Doxycycline plus Metrogel ?

A clinical trial, sponsored by CollaGenex, is recruiting patients to see how Oracea compares to doxycycline (100mg once a day) when combined with metrogel 1%. We can see from a Collagenex annual report that COL-101 was the name for Periostat MR, which then became Oracea. Safety and Efficacy Study to Compare Two Rosacea Treatment Regimens Purpose: To compare the safety and efficacy of two treatment …