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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedTretinoin success in diabetic ulcers.
Australian Doctor, December, 2005
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by Bianca Nogrady
TOPICAL tretinoin is showing promise as a treatment for diabetic foot ulcers, after a pilot study found it significantly improved the rate of healing.
Twenty-two patients with diabetic foot ulcers were treated for four weeks with daily topical 0.05% tretinoin or placebo saline solution, according to a paper in the Archives of Dermatology (November).
Researchers found tretinoin (marketed in Australia as Retin-A, ReTrieve Cream and Stieva-A) decreased ulcer area and depth compared with placebo and increased the proportion of ulcers that healed completely ...
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