[NPInfo] New acne combo

[stephanie2u at optonline.net]

So about 90% of patients were not free of acne after the treatment. Sounds like a treatment that doesn't work for 9 out of 10.

Stephanie Walker, FNP

----- Original Message -----
From: David Mittman 
Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 1:08 pm
Subject: [NPInfo] New acne combo
To: PA Forum , ACC Circle Circle , NPinfo 

> Contraceptive pill plus diuretic treats acne, study says
> A U.S. study concluded that a combination of birth control pill 
> Yasmin and a low dose of the diuretic spironolactone is safe and 
> 
> effective for use in women with severe facial acne after 11% of 
> patients were completely free of acne lesions following 
> treatment. 
> The researchers said the combination therapy is "attractive for 
> control of moderate to severe, hormonally-influenced female 
> acne" and 
> recommended that their study findings be confirmed with more 
> patients. Yahoo!/Reuters (2/11)
> 
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