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Benzoyl Peroxide
vehicle: wash, bars, lotions, creams
keratolytic drying agent and antibacterial- comedomal acne
- folliculitis/Furunculosis absecess
- prevention of candida colonization (DM patients)
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Azelaic Acid
vehicle: cream
- comedomal acne- keratolytic drying and antibiotic
- also used to rosacea
- RX only
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Salicyclic acid
comedomal acne- keratolytic drying agent
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Tretinoin (Retin A)
Adapelen (Differin)
- Retin A- cream (drier skin), gels, liquid
- - comedomal acne
- -best choice for a drying agent
adapelen- less irritating
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erythromycin, clindamycin, benxacin
topical antibiotic in cream or lotion for INFLAMMATORY acne (mild papular)
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Tetracyclines (mino ro doxycycline)
- PO
- treatment of inflammatory acne- moderate pustular
- CANT give to Preg. women
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Oral contraceptives
inflammatory acne
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Isotretinoin (accutane)
- cat. X
- Po
- nodular cyctic acne
- Cant combine with tertracyclines
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Selenium sulfide, zinc pyrithione, tar, ketoconazole
shampoo
tx of seborrheic dermatitis and pityriasis versicolor
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Mupirocin (Bactroban), Altabax
ointment or cream
- tx: strep or staph pyogens infection
- Impetigo
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Bacitracin or Neosporin
Prevention of bacteria infection
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Dicloxacillin and cephalexin (keflex)
PO
- Tx: furunculosis
- use with benzoyl peroxide
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Clindamycin or Bactrum
PO
MRSA abscess
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Cellulitis
Penicillin is first line
PO
for severe do culture to give more specific antibiotic (cef's)
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Permethrin 5% vs. 1%
5%- scabies (cream)
1% lice (cream
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Lyermectin
not FDA approved
for resistent cases of scabies
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Natroba
topical suspension
new lice drug $$$$
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Terbinafine (Lamisil)-cream and Butenafine (Mentax)
-azole drugs
- cream
- fungal dermatophytosis
also know anything with -azole treats fungus
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Terbinafine (lamisil)-po
- onychomyosis
- must tx. systemically- PO
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Griseofulvin
Terbinafine (lamisil)- po
- Hair infections (tinea capitis)
- PO- must treat systemically
- griseofulvin- kids
- Lamisil- adults
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