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| ORAL ACNE TREATMENTS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Generic | Brand | Strength | Form | Dose |
| ANTIBIOTICS | ||||
| doxycycline | — | 100mg | tabs | Adults: 100mg every 12hrs for 1 day, then 100mg/day in 1−2 divided doses; reduce dose after improvement |
| Acticlate | 75mg, 150mg+ | tabs6 | Adults: 100mg every 12hrs, then 100mg daily (as a single dose or 50mg every 12hrs) Children ≤8yrs: not usually recommended. >8yrs (<45kg): 4.4mg/kg in 2 divided doses for 1 day, then 2.2mg/kg daily in 1–2 divided doses; (≥45kg): use Adults dose |
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| Doryx | 50mg, 200mg | del-rel tabs | Adults: 200mg for 1 day (100mg every 12hrs), then 100mg daily (as a single dose or 50mg every 12hrs) Children ≤8yrs: not usually recommended. >8yrs (≤45kg): 4.4mg/kg in 2 divided doses for 1 day, then 2.2mg/kg daily in 1–2 divided doses; (>45kg): use Adults dose |
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| Doryx MPC | 120mg | del-rel tabs6 | Adults: 120mg every 12hrs for 1 day, then 120mg daily (as a single dose or 60mg every 12hrs) Children: ≤8yrs: not usually recommended. >8yrs (<45kg): 5.3mg/kg in 2 divided doses for 1 day, then 2.6mg/kg daily in 1–2 divided doses; (≥45kg): use Adults dose |
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| Monodox | 50mg, 75mg, 100mg | caps | Adults: 200mg for 1 day (100mg every 12hrs or 50mg every 6hrs), then 100mg daily (as a single dose or 50mg every 12hrs) Children: ≤8yrs: not usually recommended. >8yrs (<45kg): 4.4mg/kg in 2 divided doses for 1 day, then 2.2mg/kg daily in 1–2 divided doses; (≥45kg): use Adults dose |
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| Vibramycin | 100mg | caps | Adults: 100mg every 12hrs for 1 day, then 100mg/day in 1−2 divided doses; reduce dose after improvement | |
| 25mg/5mL | susp4 | |||
| 50mg/5mL | syrup5 | |||
| minocycline | Dynacin | 50mg, 75mg, 100mg | caps | Adults: 200mg once then 100mg every 12hrs; or 100−200mg once then 50mg four times daily. Children ≤8yrs: not recommended. >8yrs: 4mg/kg once then 2mg/kg (max 100mg) every 12hrs |
| Minocin | 50mg, 100mg | pellet-filled caps | ||
| Solodyn | 55mg, 65mg, 80mg, 105mg, 115mg | ext-rel tabs | Adults: ≥12yrs: approximately 1mg/kg once daily for 12wks. Weight-based dosing (45–49kg): 45mg; (50–59kg): 55mg; (60–71kg): 65mg; (72–84kg): 80mg; (85–96kg): 90mg; (97–110kg): 105mg; (111–125kg): 115mg; (126–136kg): 135mg | |
| tetracycline | — | 250mg, 500mg | caps | Adults: initially 1g daily in 2−4 divided doses. After improvement: 125−500mg daily. |
| RETINOIDS | ||||
| isotretinoin | Absorica | 10mg, 20mg, 25mg*, 30mg, 35mg, 40mg | caps1 | Adults: 0.5−1mg/kg/day in 2 divided doses; treat for ≤15−20wks if nodule count reduced by >70%; max 2mg/kg/day. Repeat course only if necessary after ≥2mos drug-free interval. |
| Amnesteem | 10mg, 20mg, 40mg | caps1 | ||
| Claravis | 10mg, 20mg, 30mg, 40mg | caps1,2 | ||
| CONTRACEPTIVES | ||||
| drospirenone/ ethinyl estradiol |
Loryna | 3mg/20mcg (24 tabs); inert (4 tabs) | tabs | Women ≥14yrs old: 1 tab daily for 28 days; repeat |
| Yaz | tabs | |||
| drospirenone/ ethinyl estradiol/ levomefolate calcium |
Beyaz | 3mg/20mcg/ 0.451mg (24 pink); levomefolate 0.451mg (4 light orange) |
tabs | Women ≥14yrs old: 1 tab daily for 28 days; repeat |
| norethindrone acetate/ ethinyl estradiol |
Estrostep Fe | 1mg/20mcg (5 tabs) + 1mg/30mcg (7 tabs) + 1mg/35mcg (9 tabs); inert (7 tabs); ferrous fumarate 75mg | tabs | Women ≥15yrs old: 1 tab daily for 28 days; repeat |
| Tilia Fe | tabs | |||
| Tri-Legest Fe | tabs | |||
| norgestimate/ ethinyl estradiol |
Ortho Tri-Cyclen 28 | 0.18mg/35mcg (7 tabs) + 0.215mg/35mcg (7 tabs) + 0.25mg/35mcg (7 tabs); inert (7 tabs) | tabs | Women ≥15yrs old: 1 tab daily for 28 days; repeat |
| Tri-Previfem | tabs | |||
| Tri-Sprintec | tabs | |||
| NOTES | ||||
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Key: + = scored tablets; *contains tartrazine 1contains soy; 2contains vitamin E; 3contains parabens; 4raspberry flavor; 5as calcium, raspberry-apple flavor; contains sulfites; 6contains sodium (Rev. 9/2018) |
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