Nicotinamide Reviews

For those of you on Freederm - go to your doctor for a prescription of Nicam gel. Exactly the same thing, over twice as much for less money.
Freederm - £9 for 25g
Nicam - £6.50 (script charge) for 60g.

I find it can be quite drying, but use of moisturiser clears it up nicely. I think it might have reduced spots a bit. I'll wait and see how it manages long term

I'm using a topical application prescribed by my doctor called NICAM (nicotinamide 4%) and at present my face is very sore and itchy. It is early days but very very painful. The topical gel also makes the spots dry up and turn quite scabby.

i suffer from bad outbreaks of acne so my dr recommended aknemycin plus topical solution. although i am now starting to see a difference my skin is noticeably very dry and painful. will this persist?

I get outbreaks of spots in the winter. As much as the sun is bad for the skin it does wonders for acne in the summer. About a week ago i brought Freederm (Nicotinamide 4%) as a replacement for Dalacin topical solution as a test. I think my acne has improved slightly. My skin is constantly dry which makes my acne look bad sometimes but hopefully my skin will heel. The dryness is irritable but i dont seem to get as many spots as before.

I take this in the vitamin pill form as well, called Nicomide. Whenever I mention this pill people always say "I didn't know you smoke" like I'm on something to help me stop smoking. Which got old real quick. Then I tried to add that it was a type of vitamin and had folic acid in it, then people think I'm pregnant or something. Not really a side effect, but I thought I would share. :)

Anyway I didn't feel that this did anything for my skin, but it was really nice since I didn't have any side effects, it was a lot more natural than most medications. My derm dr said it would take a longer time to notice results, but I also switched drs.

The whole bottle cost something like $18 from the pharmacy which was nice. I had to take it twice a day, and I could take it with other medications. I was also on a topical medication while using this, but my acne is stubborn.

I take this internally in a vitamin form called nicomide..nicotinamide is in it. It's the only thing that ever cleared me up.

I used to get really bad acne but luckily it has settled down now after lots of different treatments on the NHS including oxytetracyline anti-biotics and erythromycin topical solution.

I still get outbreaks and for me 'Freederm' gel manages these outbreaks the best now.

I tried Freederm Gel (nicotinamide 4%) as it claims to reduce inflamation. I have to say that it does seem to reduce the redness and the size of spots, though I have not noticed a reduction in the overall breakout of new spots.

I also use Aknemycin Plus - a topical solution containing erythromycin 4% and tretinoin 0.025%.

I get Aknemycin Plus free on the National Health Service in Britain. I believe a gel preparation containing nicotinamide 4% is also available on the NHS.