title: [Treatment of acne vulgaris. A comparison of doxycycline versus minocycline].
abstract: In the course of a randomized, comparative, clinical study, 50 patients with acne vulgaris received systemic treatment with a single daily dose of 50 mg doxycycline or two daily doses of 50 mg minocycline. At the completion of the 12-week treatment, cure or improvement of acne was found in 78% of the patients in the doxycycline group compared to 82% in the minocycline group. The rate of unsatisfactory therapeutic results was 22% in the doxycycline group and 18% in the group of patients treated with minocycline. The results showed no significant difference between the clinical efficacy of treating acne vulgaris with doxycycline at a daily dose of 50 mg and 100 mg of minocycline daily, a fact which has already been demonstrated by earlier studies.
authors.affiliation: Hautklinik der Universität Mainz.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Laux
mesh_terms: D000152:Acne Vulgaris / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008911:Minocycline / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D013754:Tetracyclines / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D013754:Tetracyclines; D008911:Minocycline; D004318:Doxycycline
vernacular_title: Behandlung der Acne vulgaris. Ein Vergleich von Doxycyclin versus Minocyclin.