Monday, December 13, 2004
Rosacea and microbes / microbials
Subantimicrobial dose doxycycline: a unique treatment for rosacea.
Periostat, a sub-microbial "antibiotic" (doxycycline) has been successfully used to treat rosacea in the study above, putting to rest any ideas that it is the anti-biotic function of these drugs that account for their positive impact on rosacea.
Quote:
"Recently, subantimicrobial dose doxycycline 20 mg twice a day (SDD) has been used to treat rosacea because of its anti-inflammatory properties".
Periostat, a sub-microbial "antibiotic" (doxycycline) has been successfully used to treat rosacea in the study above, putting to rest any ideas that it is the anti-biotic function of these drugs that account for their positive impact on rosacea.
Quote:
"Recently, subantimicrobial dose doxycycline 20 mg twice a day (SDD) has been used to treat rosacea because of its anti-inflammatory properties".
