March 5th, 2006, by David Pascoe | macrolides, tetracyclines
Acne rosacea: An open comparative trial of azithromycin versus oxytetracycline therapy: Study of 50 patientsBakar Bouadjar, PhD, CHU of BEO, Algiers, AlgeriaBackground: Azithromycin has been used successfully to treat acne vulgaris and its use for the treatment of rosacea has been evaluated only once in an open study. Objectives: The goal of the study was to compare the …
December 28th, 2005, by David Pascoe | macrolides
Macrolide antibiotics are an alternative to tetracycline antibiotics. Macrolides tend to be more expensive and there is less clinical history compared to tetracyclines. Macrolides inhibit bacterial protein synthesis and their association with leukocytes sees them transported into the site of an infection. As with any prescription drug the potential benefit and risk need to be assessed.What Is the Clinical Impact of Macrolide …
December 22nd, 2005, by David Pascoe | macrolides
Clarithromycin: a new perspective in rosacea treatmentInternational Journal of Dermatology, Volume 37 Issue 5 Page 347 – May 1998, Claudio Torresani MD.Biaxin (Clarithromycin) is a recently synthesized macrolide antibiotic that has shown anti-inflammatory actions. In his 1998 paper Clarithromycin: a new perspective in rosacea treatment, renowned rosacea researcer Dr. Claudio Torresani concludes that “Clarithromycin can be considered to …
December 20th, 2005, by David Pascoe | doxycycline, macrolides, tetracyclines
Clarithromycin versus doxycycline in the treatment of rosacea.
International Journal of Dermatology, 1997 Dec;36(12):942-6. Torresani C, Pavesi A, Manara GC, Department of Dermatology, Parma University, Italy.
Forty patients with rosacea were entered into a study comparing clarithromycin with doxycycline in the systemic treatment of mild and severe rosacea.
Results: At the end of the treatment, the overall results provided evidence for a hight clarithromycin efficacy profile in …
December 9th, 2005, by David Pascoe | macrolides
There doesn’t seem to be many references to what pulse-dosing means with respect to antibiotics. I take this paper to say that triallists were treated with 500mg once a day for 3 days and then took a break for 4 days, repeating the same the following week.Pulse therapy with azithromycin in acne rosacea and peri-oral dermatitis: an open study.Azithromycin Appears Effective …
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