[NPInfo] New acne combo

[David Mittman]

Stephanie: 11% were totally free. That means that some percentage  
were 90% free. some 80% free, some 70% free. Still must be better  
than expected or why make this big fuss over it?
Try it and see. I bet the diuretic dries the lesions and that  
potentiates the effects of the OCs on acne?
Dave

On Feb 12, 2008, at 6:11 PM, stephanie2u at optonline.net wrote:

> 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
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>> 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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