Friday, July 22, 2005
Review find studies for rosacea "poor"
Still seems like there is no-one doing good rosacea research and publishing it.
Quote:
"One of our primary outcome measures, 'quality of life', was not assessed in any of the studies."
"AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS: The quality of studies evaluating rosacea treatments was generally poor. There is evidence that topical metronidazole and azelaic acid are effective. There is some evidence that oral metronidazole and tetracycline are effective.There is insufficient evidence concerning the effectiveness of other treatments. Good RCTs looking at these treatments are urgently needed."
Full abstract here:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16034895&query_hl=1
Quote:
"One of our primary outcome measures, 'quality of life', was not assessed in any of the studies."
"AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS: The quality of studies evaluating rosacea treatments was generally poor. There is evidence that topical metronidazole and azelaic acid are effective. There is some evidence that oral metronidazole and tetracycline are effective.There is insufficient evidence concerning the effectiveness of other treatments. Good RCTs looking at these treatments are urgently needed."
Full abstract here:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16034895&query_hl=1
