Medication Side Effects-Another Side Effect-Acne Medications

More Acne Medication Side Effects You May Not Have Heard Of

As if we don’t have enough to worry about when taking the various acne medications out there which are readily available, there are some new ones I learned about and never even heard of until I read this.  They had to do with some known side effects of the most commonly prescribed acne medication – any number of antibiotics that are used to help clear acne, as well as another side effect of the already side effect-ridden isotretinoin otherwise popularly known as Accutane. As you well know by now if you’ve been reading my blog, I’ve always advocated  more natural approaches to treating acne, not only externally with natural cleansers with naturally active ingredients, but also by using things like herbal supplements and dietary changes to help internally treat the underlying conditions that cause acne. Antibiotics that are used to treat acne were found to cause unexplained sore throats in the patients that use them. At least more often than they had them before they started on the medication, which strongly infers that the reason for their sore throats was the medication and not some other outlying circumstance. In my opinion, long term antibiotic use can be dangerous because it [...] read more..

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The Society For General Microbiology-Leeds Metropolitan University-Propionibacterium Acnes

Acne Medications May Soon Include Thyme

Herbal preparations of thyme could be more effective at treating skin acne than prescription creams, according to research presented at the Society for General Microbiology's Spring Conference in Dublin this week. Further clinical testing could lead to an effective, gentler treatment for the skin condition. Researchers from Leeds Metropolitan University tested the effect of thyme, marigold and myrrh tinctures on Propionibacterium acnes - the bacterium that causes acne by infecting skin pores and forming spots, which range from white heads through to puss-filled cysts... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)MedWorm Sponsor Message: Please have a look at this new site driven by MedWorm: The Breast Cancer Daily read more..

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