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However, Health Minister Mars Di Bartolomeo emphasised that Diane-35 should only be used in cases of severe acne, and that there were better alternatives for contraceptive use. The Health Ministry has issued a similar opinion and has decided not to ban the drug in the Grand Duchy. She added that risk factors were at their highest during the first year of taking the pill and decreased over time.Ĭonzemius also urged that the situation should not be over-dramatised. The Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology commented that all types of the pill came with risks and possible side effects, and that it was the role of gynecologists to assess whether a woman should be given hormonal treatments or not.Īnnick Conzemius of the Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology explained that pregnant women were at an even higher risk of embolism or thrombosis than women taking the pill. In Luxembourg the drug remains on the market.
Producer of Diane-35, medical giant Bayer said in a statement the risk of clots is "a known effect, and is clearly marked as such in the package advice for patients." It added that Diane-35 should only be prescribed for acne, and "in the context of a medical consultation, with respect for appropriate use, side effects and precaution." In late 1994, the German drug regulatory agency carried out a safety review of Diane-35 after a woman who had used the drug for birth control for 14 years died of liver cancer. The US FDA has never approved its licensing. I am 37 yrs old, up until 6 years ago I was on Diane 35 with great success, together with a medication used for blood pressure (but for acne). Diane-35 obtained a federal licence for sale in Canada in 1998. In France some 315,000 women are prescribed Diane-35, which is sold in 116 countries worldwide. Looking for a course of treatment for adult acne. The drug is frequently prescribed as a contraceptive, as it stops ovulation, even though it is only licensed as acne medication. Studies have shown that compared to Diane, Diane-35 with the estrogen component reduced to 0.035 mg of ethinyl estradiol, is as effective in treating acne. Over 25 years four women were found to have died due to side-effects linked to the Diane-35 treatment, with another 125 falling ill with bloodclots, a report by the French National Agency for the Safety of Drugs and Health Products (ANSM) found.Ī benefit-versus-risk assessment by the ANSM was negative. Diane-35 (Ethinylestradiol and Cyproterone Acetate tablets) is used for the treatment of signs of androgenisation in women, such as severe acne (involving inflammation or nodularity or risk of scarring) where prolonged oral antibiotics or local treatment alone has not been successful, or idiopathic hirsutism of mild to moderate degree. Antimicrobial peptides, novel solution for the treatment of precancerous disease acne - A review Diana M Gómez1,2, Yu-Chun Lone2,3, Luz M Salazar1 and Jerzy Trojan2,4 1Faculty of Sciences, Dept. (CS/AFP) A hormone medication used to treat acne will remain on the market in Luxembourg despite being banned in France due to a link to the deaths of four women.