Acne Sufferers Often Don’t Take All Recommend Medications
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Fuse/Thinkstock(WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.) — Despite serious skin problems, many people who suffer from acne don’t bother taking medications recommended by their dermatologists.
A study published by JAMA Dermatology reveals that over a quarter of acne patients either did not pick up or use all prescribed or over-the-counters meds designed to relieve their condition.
Dr. Steven Feldman, a professor of dermatology at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, said that his findings of people who don’t use their medications more than doubled that of a previous study.
In research involving more than 140 acne patients, Feldman said people were more apt to skip getting prescriptions filled for topical creams or lotions than medicine taken orally. Furthermore, they were also more likely to eschew products that didn’t need a prescription, compared to those that did.
According to Feldman, “prescribing products that contain two or more active ingredients could prove effective in reducing non-adherence.”
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