ACITRETIN Resources

    ACITRETIN U.S. Government resources:
    MedlinePlus Drug Information: Acitretin: For female patients: Do not take acitretin if you are pregnant or plan to become ... Acitretin may harm the fetus. You should not begin taking acitretin
    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/uspdi/203365.html

    MedlinePlus Drug Information: Acitretin (Systemic): Acitretin may continue to work after you stop taking it, ... Acitretin must not be used to treat women who are able to bear children unless other forms
    http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00020956

    Clinical Trial: Acitretin in Treating Patients With Skin Disease ...: Acitretin may be an effective treatment for skin disease and skin cancer. ... Official Title: Phase II Study of Acitretin in Patients With Psoriasis,
    http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00003611

    Clinical Trial: Acitretin in Preventing Skin Cancers in Patients ...: Official Title: Randomized Study of Acitretin in Patients with Multiple Prior ... Patients receive either oral acitretin or placebo daily for 2 years.
    http://www1.va.gov/visn10/CincyMedSheets/Acitretin.htm

    Medication instructions for ACITRETIN 25MG CAP Page 1: You must not take acitretin if you are pregnant, because it causes birth ... who can get pregnant must follow the pregnancy warnings for acitretin.
    http://www.nci.nih.gov/Templates/db_alpha.aspx?CdrID=46118

    National Cancer Institute - Dictionary of Cancer Terms: ...acitretin. A substance that is used in the prevention of cancer and in the treatment of psoriasis. It belongs to the family of drugs called retinoids.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=8288782

    Acitretin in the treatment of severe lichen sclerosus et ...: ...the efficacy of acitretin (20 to 30 mg/day) for 16 weeks in LSA. ... higher number of responders was observed in the acitretin-treatment group (14 of 22
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=96287762

    An appraisal of acitretin therapy in children with inherited ...: This paper reviews our experience of acitretin, compares acitretin with ... Forty-six children have received acitretin since 1992 in our hospital: 29
    http://cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/NCCTG-969251

    National Cancer Institute - Clinical Trials (PDQ®): Determine the chemopreventive efficacy of acitretin in immunosuppressed solid ... Determine the effect of acitretin on potential surrogate endpoint
    http://cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/NCI-77-AR-0172

    National Cancer Institute - Clinical Trials (PDQ®): Acitretin in Treating Patients With Skin Disease or Skin Cancer ... I. Determine the long-term safety and efficacy of acitretin in patients with
    http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/health/psoriasis/psoriasis.htm

    FCIC: Questions and Answers About Psoriasis: ...like acitretin, adds to the effectiveness of UV light for psoriasis. ... beginning 1 month before through 3 years after treatment with acitretin.
    http://www.guidelines.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=5670&mode=full&ss=15

    Psoriasis.: RePUVA therapy the patient receives a concomitant systemic retinoid (acitretin). ... Combination regimens of topical calcipotriene with acitretin,
    http://www.guidelines.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=5675&mode=full&ss=15

    Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).: ...or acitretin; Referral to nephrologist for signs of renal manifestations ... Hydroxychloroquine and acitretin are as effective. Definitions:
    http://www.oregon.gov/OBNE/rules/850-010-0225ND.htm

    850-010-0225: ...(5) Acitretin;. (6) Acyclovir;. (7) Adapalene;. (8) Adenosine Monophosphate;. (9) Albuterol Sulfate;. (10) Alendronate;. (11) Alprostadil;
    http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/3rduspstf/oralcan/oralcanup.htm

    Academic resources:

    Penn State Faculty Research Expertise Database (FRED): Acitretin. Description, An oral retinoid effective in the treatment of psoriasis. ... Related Terms, 13-cis-Acitretin, Etretin. Isoetretin, Acitretin, (Z,E,E,E)-Isomer ...
    http://www.oncolink.upenn.edu/resources/article.cfm?c=3&s=8&ss=23&Year=2002&Month=3&id=8125

    Cancer Resources—Cancer News, Cancer Conferences, Cancer Causes ...: Last Updated: 2002-03-05 14:58:19 EST (Reuters Health) NEW ORLEANS (Reuters Health) - Combining acitretin therapy with commercial tanning bed treatment offers ...
    http://www.oncolink.upenn.edu/types/article.cfm?c=18&s=61&ss=296&id=8551

    Cancer Information, Research, and Treatment for all Types of ...: A; TI - Zakopoulou N Follicular mucinosis associated with early stage cutaneous T-cell lymphoma: successful treatment with interferon alpha-2b and acitretin. ...
    http://www.umm.edu/patiented/articles/what_systemic_treatments_psoriasis_000087_8.htm

    Psoriasis - UMMC: Oral Retinoids. Oral retinoids are derivatives of vitamin A. Those used for psoriasis include acitretin (Soriatane) and isotretinoin (Accutane). ...
    http://www.umm.edu/patiented/doc87systemic.html

    Patient Education Reports - UMMC: Oral Retinoids. Oral retinoids (derivatives of vitamin A) include etretinate (Tegison), acitretin (Soriatane), and isotretinoin (Accutane). ...
    http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/result.cfm?OutputSet=2&BO=AND&Diagnosis=-1082072399

    DermAtlas: Online Dermatology Image Library dermatology image ...: Oral acitretin therapy was being considered to improve his condition. ... Oral acitretin therapy was being considered to improve his condition. ...
    http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/result.cfm?OutputSet=2&BO=AND&Diagnosis=7

    DermAtlas: Online Dermatology Image Library dermatology image ...: Comments: This 56-year-old man with palmoplantar psoriasis of several years duration responded dramatically to oral acitretin 25mg/day. ...
    http://www.wfubmc.edu/dermatology/trials/psoriasis7.html

    WFUBMC Department of Dermatology --> clinical trials: Study Title A randomized, double-blind, right/left comparative study of the efficacy of acitretin with and without the co-administration of 0.1% tacrolimus ...
    http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/aha/aha_psoriasi_crs.htm

    Adult Health Advisor 2004.1: Psoriasis: ...pregnancy. Another drug in this category is an oral medicine called acitretin, which is also very likely to cause birth defects. ...
    http://www.med.umich.edu/derm/info/faculty/goldfarb.html

    University of Michigan Dept. of Dermatology: 4. Goldfarb MT, Ellis CN, Gupta AK, Tincoff T, Hamilton TA, Voorhees JJ: Acitretin improves psoriasis in a dose-dependent fashion. ...
    http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/Organizations/ddil/anrep95.html

    Annual Report, Harvard Pharmacoepi Program 1995: This year's students are Miriam Sturkenboom, a Dutch researcher who has been studying population determinants of acitretin metabolism, pregnancy outcomes in ...
    http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/dermatology/

    Department of Dermatology: ...cultured epithelial autografts and numerous psoriasis remedies (ultraviolet-B, psoralen ultraviolet-A therapy, methotrexate, acitretin, etanercept, efalizumab ...
    http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/healthconsumers/health/000087.shtml

    UC Davis Medical Center Health Information: Oral Retinoid. (Acitretin may be the agent most used in combos). ... Low dose acitretin with either UVB or PUVA among the most effective treatments. ...
    http://www-cme.erep.uab.edu/onlineCourses/Psoriasis/ID0204.html

    Online CME: ...two months. Addition of acitretin 25 mg daily resulted in further improvement and he was clear or almost clear for 2 years. Three ...
    http://itsb.ucsf.edu/~vcr/SpotSingingDetective.html

    The Singing Detective--is it in tune?: So the team of docs opts for a "retinoid." These vitamin A derivatives, which include accutane (usually for acne), and acitretin can reduce the inflammation of ...
    http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?id=doi:10.1086/318518



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