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PRESCRIPTION
ACNE MEDICATIONS
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NAME
OF MEDICATION (click
for info)
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COMMONLY
USED BRAND NAMES
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COST
(at drugstore.com as of 2/17/04, closest to 60g or 60ml or 60 capsule size available, rounded off to nearest dollar, generic when available) |
| ADAPALENE | DIFFERIN |
45g
tube = $94.15 (cream, gel) |
| AZELAIC ACID | AZELEX | 50g
tube = $76.00 |
| BENZOYL PEROXIDE | BENZAC
AC, BREVOXYL, TRIAZ |
60g
tube 2.5% gel = $18.00 (generic) |
| CLINDAMYCIN | CLEOCIN
T, CLINDA-DERM, CLINDETS |
60ml
bottle (solution) = $17.99 (generic) |
| ERYTHROMYCIN | AKNE-MYCIN,
A/T/S, EMGEL, ERYCETTE, ERYDERM, ERYGEL, ERYMAX, ERY-SOL, ERYTHRA-DERM, ETS, STATICIN, THERAMYCIN Z, T-STAT, BENZAMYCIN (erythromycin + benzoyl peroxide) |
60g
tube 2% gel = $34.99 (generic) |
| ACCUTANE,
ACCUTANE ROCHE |
60
capsules 20mg = $458.02 (price is from 2002, no longer available
on drugstore.com) |
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| ORAL ANTI-BIOTICS (TETRACYCLINE, MINOCYCLINE, DOXYCYCLINE) | VIBRAMYCIN
(doxycycline), MINOCIN (minocycline) |
90
capsules Tetracycline 250mg = $7.99 (generic) 90 capsules Minocycline 50mg = $36.97 (generic) 60 capsules Doxycycline 50mg = $31.51 (generic) |
| ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES | ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN | 1 month
supply = $29.99 |
| SODIUM SULFACETAMIDE | KLARON,
NOVACET, SULFACET-R |
59ml
bottle Klaron = $48.49 (price is from 2003,
no longer available on drugstore.com) |
| TAZOROTENE | TAZORAC | 30g
tube .05% gel = $81.74 |
| TRETINOIN | RETIN-A,
RETIN-A MICRO, AVITA, RENOVA |
45g
tube .025% cream = $56.65 (generic) |
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