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RETIN-A Description : The cream contains tretinoin (retinoic acid, vitamin A acid) in a hydrophilic cream vehicle.
RETIN-A Indications : For topical application in the treatment of acne vulgaris. For topical application to improve the quality of exposed areas of the skin. This improvement includes ameliorating or eliminating roughness, fine wrinkling, coarse dermal wrinkling, mottled hyperpigmentation and decreased blood flow resulting from chronic sunlight exposure (photoaging).
RETIN-A Dosage Acne: Retin-A cream should be applied once a day, before retiring, to the skin where acne lesions appear, using enough to cover the entire affected area lightly. Photoaging: Retin-A cream should be applied once a day, before retiring, to the face, neck, arm areas, using enough to cover the entire area lightly. Application may cause a transitory feeling of warmth or slight stinging. In cases where it has been necessary to temporarily discontinue therapy or to reduce the frequency of application, therapy may be resumed or frequency of application increased when the patients become able to tolerate the treatment. It should be noted that just as some patients require less frequent applications or other dosage forms, others may respond better to more frequent applications of tretinoin. Alterations of vehicle, drug concentration or dose frequency should be closely monitored by careful observation of the clinical therapeutic response and skin tolerance. During the early weeks of therapy, an apparent exacerbation of inflammatory lesions may occur. This is due to the action of the medication on deep, previously unseen lesions and should not be considered a reason to discontinue therapy. Therapeutic results should be noticed after 2-3 weeks, but >6 weeks of therapy may be required before definite beneficial effects are seen. Once the acne lesions have responded satisfactorily, it may be possible to maintain the improvement with less frequent applications, or other dosage forms. Patients treated with Retin-A (tretinoin) acne treatment may use cosmetics, but the areas to be treated should be cleansed thoroughly before the medication is applied.
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