Learn About Common Acne Prescriptions

Spironolactone

Spironolactone is a blood pressure medication. It lowers high pressure! However, ladies, doctors have found it's very good as a way to treat hormonal acne. Of course, it's an 'off-label' use here. It works since it lowers certain hormones, specifically the androgen ones. One major example of these hormones is testosterone! Too much of this triggers acne in many people, especially you ladies.

That said, you can't take this one when you're pregnant. You will need close monitoring too! Ladies, you also need to know this medication's a diuretic, so you will pee more when you're on it. Just drink more water to make up for that.

Tretinoin

Vitamin A is very good for your skin. It's in a lot of the food you eat, which is excellent. That said, you will often get a prescription for tretinoin when you have acne. This is a synthetic form of vitamin A! You apply it to your skin for many kinds of acne. This medication makes your skin renew a lot faster. It heals your acne that way! Tretinoin helps new skin cells replace old ones, stopping the dead skin from building and triggering acne.

Ladies, this medication benefits you the most. Unfortunately, you also see the most side effects! The most common, of course, is dry, flaky, and irritated skin. There's good news, though. The side effects go away when your skin adjusts. You can help this along by introducing this medication slowly and using extra moisturizer!