title: Treatment of cicatricial pemphigoid with tetracycline and nicotinamide.
abstract: Cicatricial pemphigoid is a rare autoimmune blistering disease involving predominantly mucosal areas in elderly patients. It runs a chronic relapsing course. Immunosuppressive treatments are frequently complicated by adverse effects and require careful monitoring. A 69-year-old woman is reported who responded well to a simple regimen of combined tetracycline and nicotinamide after 15 years of inadequate disease control and numerous adverse effects from immunosuppressive agents.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, Amersham General Hospital, Bucks, UK.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Poskitt
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wojnarowska
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009536:Niacinamide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010118:Oxytetracycline / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010390:Pemphigoid, Benign Mucous Membrane / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D009536:Niacinamide; D010118:Oxytetracycline