{"id":243,"date":"2013-05-03T05:49:53","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T05:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/?p=243"},"modified":"2013-05-05T19:45:02","modified_gmt":"2013-05-05T19:45:02","slug":"metronidazole-topical-for-rosacea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/metronidazole-topical-for-rosacea\/","title":{"rendered":"Metronidazole Topical for Rosacea?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a note-taking blog for purposes of education &#8211; not for specific directed medical advice.<\/p>\n<h3>Metronidazole is a treatment available for Rosacea<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 14px;\">Topical application of Metronidazole (meanning applied to the skin surface)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Metronidazole also comes as a pill form but this isn&#8217;t usually needed or indicated for Rosacea<\/li>\n<li>Metronidazole is an antibiotic<\/li>\n<li>Flagyl is the name a brand of metronidazole in pill form<\/li>\n<li>As an antibiotic, Metronidazole is effective against anaerobic bacteria and protozoa. \u00a0It is a drug used for treating clostridium difficile infection (c. diff).<\/li>\n<li>Topically, it comes as cream or gel<\/li>\n<li>Metrogel is a brand (Metrogel 1%) as is Rozex. \u00a0And there are generics available for metronidazole gel or cream.<\/li>\n<li>Many patients use metronidazole topical twice a day<\/li>\n<li>Many patients of ours at Surgical Artistry, Modesto, report some dryness with the product and use it with a moisturizer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Other uses of Metronidazole<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 14px;\">Orally it has been used in Crohn&#8217;s disease<\/span><\/li>\n<li>And orally, it has been used as part of the treatment for peptic ulcer disease<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Obagi Rosaclear<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 14px;\">a system designed by Obagi Medical for treatment of Rosacea<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Metronidazole topical is part of the kit,<\/li>\n<li>available as part of the rosaclear kit is a cleanser, toner, and a special tinted sunblock<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What is Rosacea?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 14px;\">Some forms of it seems to be a skin infection which is related to blood vessel dilation and redness<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Central facial redness, burning and stinging<\/li>\n<li>visible red veins<\/li>\n<li>bumps or blemishes<\/li>\n<li>tight or itchy facial skin which may swell<\/li>\n<li>Cause is unknown<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What can our office in Modesto, do for Rosacea?<\/h3>\n<p>There are many treatments available for Roscea<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 14px;\">We have Rosaclear available from Obagi<\/span><\/li>\n<li>We have many Rosclear Sunscreen &#8211; tinted specially to hide and blend in the redness.<\/li>\n<li>We have a vascular laser (Dornier 940, Germany) which is good for targeting the red vessels.<\/li>\n<li>For some patients we can also prescribe clindamycin topical for rosacea<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a note-taking blog for purposes of education &#8211; not for specific directed medical advice. 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