acitretin-oral
USES:
Acitretin is used to help relieve and control severe skin disorders, such as severe psoriasis this medication is a retinoid used in the treatment of severe psoriasis and other skin disorders in adults. It works by allowing normal growth and development of the skin. Acitretin may continue to work after you stop taking it, but usually after a time, the skin condition returns and you may need to begin taking it again.
How To Use Acitretin Oral
Read the Medication Guide provided by your pharmacist before you start using acitretin and each time you get a refill. If you have any questions regarding the information, consult your doctor or pharmacist
Acitretin is used to help relieve and control severe skin disorders, such as severe psoriasis. It works by allowing normal growth and development of the skin. Acitretin may continue to work after you stop taking it, but usually after a time, the skin condition returns and you may need to begin taking it again.
How To Use
- Do not use more medicine or use it more often than your doctor tells you to. It is best to take this medicine with food, at your main meal of the day.
- This medicine should come with a Medication Guide.
SIDE EFFECTS:
You may experience more redness, itching, skin scaling, peeling and dry skin the first several weeks as your body adjusts to the medication. Dry eyes, eye irritation, crusting of the eye lids, increased sensitivity to sunlight, dry mouth, peeling of the skin of fingertips, palms or soles of feet, chapped lips, runny nose, thirst, taste changes and hair loss may also occur.
- Call your doctor right away if you notice any of these side effects: Chest pain, weakness, trouble breathing.
- Increased hunger or thirst, increase in how much or how often you urinate. Muscle or joint pain or stiffness, numbness in your hands or feet.
- Nausea, vomiting. Severe headache, dizziness, or light-headedness. Skin or eyes turn yellow, loss of appetite, pain in your upper stomach, dark-colored urine or pale stools. Sudden and severe stomach pain, fever.
- Trouble seeing , blurred vision, pain in your eye.
Missed Dose
- If you miss a dose or forget to use your medicine, use it as soon as you can.
- Do not use extra medicine to make up for a missed dose
- If it is almost time for your next dose, wait until then to use the medicine and skip the missed dose.