Does this mean that we should never take these medications if our physician prescribes them? The correct way should be to discuss our concerns regarding this side effect and to get the physician to consider alternate treatments if the medications seriously affect our acne condition.
Basically, acne caused from medications is similar to acne from other causes, hence should be treated with the same. However, it may take longer to gain control of the acne that arises from medications.
What follows are medications that may aggravate our acne condition:
- Antipsychotic medications
- Corticosteroids (i.e. a group of anti-inflammatory drugs often used to inhibit allergic reactions or to treat severe inflammation)
- Dilantin
- Estrogens (i.e. female sex hormone)
- Isoniazid
- Lithium (i.e. a chemical element often used as mood stabilizer)
- Potassium iodide
- Quinine
- Testosterone (i.e. a male sex hormone)
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