Treatment of severe acne hampered by antibiotic overuse, delays in prescribing more potent medication

Friday, October 30, 2015 - 11:30 in Health & Medicine

Physicians who treat severe acne leave too many patients on ineffective antibiotics for far too long before prescribing more potent needed therapy with the medication isotretinoin, sometimes known by its former brand name Accutane, a medical records analysis concludes.

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