January 15, 2004
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Literature review finds oxytetracycline effective for ocular rosacea
Oxytetracycline may have a moderate treatment effect on ocular rosacea, according to a review of evidence-based literature the drug.
Donald Stone, MD and James Chodosh, MD, at the Dean A. McGee Eye Institute in Oklahoma City, Okla., reviewed the published literature and found two prospective, masked, placebo-controlled studies of oxytetracycline for the treatment of ocular rosacea. According to the studies, there is a moderate treatment benefit in ocular rosacea for oxytetracycline, a tetracycline derivative not currently available in the United States.
The review is published in the January issue of Cornea.