Background: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic skin disease that affects 20% of children worldwide and is associated with low patient-reported quality of life (QoL). Crisaborole (CRIS) and tacrolimus 0.03% (TAC) are Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved topical treatments for mild to moderate AD with similar clinical efficacy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClin Cosmet Investig Dermatol
December 2022
We present the first case of a patient with indolent polyarteritis nodosa who suffered severe exacerbations following significant emotional stressors. This report highlights the close relationship between emotions and autoimmune diseases mediated by the deleterious effects of stressors presumptively by skewing immunity from Type 1 to Type 2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe requirements of the iPLEDGE program place burdens on both patients with severe recalcitrant nodular acne and prescribers of isotretinoin. We sought to investigate the changes in dermatologists' acne treatment patterns due to the administrative burden of iPLEDGE by assessing whether dermatologists chose not to prescribe isotretinoin to appropriate patients because of the labor of iPLEDGE requirements. Additionally, we investigated the medications that were substituted for isotretinoin.
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