New Acne Drug Gets Approved
New Acne Gel Gets FDA Approval:
"The FDA has approved a new gel to treat acne. Aczone Gel 5%, made by QLT Inc., is approved to treat acne vulgaris. That's a common skin condition in which oil and dead skin cells clog the skin's pores.
The water-based gel's active ingredient is dapsone. It is the only acne treatment to use dapsone in a topical formulation.
Aczone was tested in two clinical trials with more than 3,000 acne patients aged 12 and older. It was compared with a similar gel without dapsone. Aczone fared better than the comparison gel. After three months, Aczone reduced more pimples. Women tended to have more success and fewer pimples with Aczone than men."
MY REACTION:
Another drug -- I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Here's hoping this one works, without killing too many people with side-effects.
"The FDA has approved a new gel to treat acne. Aczone Gel 5%, made by QLT Inc., is approved to treat acne vulgaris. That's a common skin condition in which oil and dead skin cells clog the skin's pores.
The water-based gel's active ingredient is dapsone. It is the only acne treatment to use dapsone in a topical formulation.
Aczone was tested in two clinical trials with more than 3,000 acne patients aged 12 and older. It was compared with a similar gel without dapsone. Aczone fared better than the comparison gel. After three months, Aczone reduced more pimples. Women tended to have more success and fewer pimples with Aczone than men."
MY REACTION:
Another drug -- I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Here's hoping this one works, without killing too many people with side-effects.
posted by Ron King | 7:46 PM
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