COMPARISON OF ORAL DOXYCYCLIN EWITH ORAL MONTELUKAST IN THE TREATMENT OF MODERATE ACNE VULGARIS
| Autor: | Memoona Aslam, Naeem Raza, Muhammad Nadeem |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 70, Iss 3, Pp 797-800 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0030-9648 2411-8842 |
| Popis: | Objective: To compare oral Montelukast with oral Doxycycline in the treatment of moderate Acne Vulgaris in terms of mean change in acne severity index. Study Design: Quasi-experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Dermatology, Pak Emirates Military Hospital Rawalpindi, from Mar 2016 to Aug 2016. Methodology: A total of 84 patients were included in the study. They were randomly assigned to group A and B by consecutive non probability sampling technique. Group A was given 100mg Doxycycline with topical 10% benzoyl peroxide and group B was given 5mg Montelukast with topical 10% benzoyl peroxide. Acne severity index (ASI) was calculated at base line and after one month. Mean change in acne severity index was observed for both the groups. Results: Independent sample t-test was used to compare the means. Mean post treatment change in acne severity index of group A was 5.45 ± 1.29 and group B was 1.80 ± .59 respectively (p-value |
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