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Linggo, Abril 28, 2013

Not Going by the Acne Label


Many people experience horrible outbreaks. It is no fun having acne and very embarrassing. There are now various over-the-counter acne products that acne sufferers may take to control and to prevent it. The readers will know what to expect before trying a remedy and how to use through instructions. Just strictly never fail to follow the instructions.
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Zits and pimples can make even the most confident of individuals conscious about their looks. Despite this, teens and young adults with acne might not take medicines for the condition as instructed.
Less than 12 percent of young acne patients enrolled in Medicaid adhered to medication regimens to get rid of their pimples, a recently published study found.
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Combining topical medicines that reduce oil production with an antibiotic medicine might be a good choice for young acne patients given the costs and outcomes, according to the researchers.
Xi Tan, from the Department of Clinical, Social and Administrative Sciences at the University of Michigan, led a team of researchers investigating how often patients with acne adhered to their medicine. They also looked at the healthcare costs of acne medications and how those medications were used.
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The study included more than 24,000 patients from January 2005 to December 2007. Almost 90 percent of the patients were under 18 years of age.
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Patients were listed in the Marketscan Medicaid Database, which tracks healthcare claims across the US. The researchers followed patients during the first three months after being prescribed an acne medicine.
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The researchers tracked the number of acne-related outpatient visits, acne medication adherence and total acne-related healthcare costs.
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The researchers found that less than 12 percent of patients were adherent to acne medications on average.
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Adherence rates were linked to a patient's age, gender, side illnesses, number of medicine refills and the number of medication classes used.

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