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Oral medications for skin diseases

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• Aciclovir
• Acitretin
• Acne treatment
• Alitretinoin
• Amitriptyline
• Antiandrogens
• Antimalarials
• Antibiotics
• Antibiotics for acne
• Anticholinergics
• Antihistamines
• Antimalarials
• Antioxidants
• Apremilast
• Azathioprine
• Bexarotene
• Cannabinoids
• Chloroquine
• Ciclosporin
• Clindamycin
• Clofazimine
• Cobimetinib 
• Colchicine
• Cyproterone
• Cyclophosphamide
• Dabrafenib
• Dapsone
• Erythromycin
• Ethinyl oestrodiol/cyproterone
• Finasteride
• Fluconazole
• Fumaric acid esters
• Gabapentin
• Gold
• Griseofulvin
• Hormonal treatment
• Horse chestnut extract
• Hydroxycarbamide
• Hydroxychloroquine
• Hydroxyurea
• Imatinib
• Isotretinoin
• Itraconazole
• Ivermectin
• Ketoconazole
• Leflunomide
• Leukotriene antagonists
• Melatonin
• Management of acne
• Melatonin
• Methotrexate
• Mycophenolate mofetil
• Nicotinamide
• Oral antifungal medications
• Oral contraceptives
• Oral retinoids
• Penicillin
• Posaconazole
• Potassium iodide
• Propranolol
• Quinacrine
• Rifampicin
• Selenium
• Sirolimus
• Sonidegib
• Spironolactone
• Steroids
• Sulfasalazine
• Systemic steroids
• Terbinafine
• Tetracycline
• Thalidomide
• T(h)ioguanine
  
• Tranexamic acid
• Treatment of fungal infections
• Vemurafenib
• Vismodegib
• Vitamin a
• Voriconazole

New Zealand approved datasheets are the official source of information for medicines, including approved uses and risk information. Check the individual New Zealand datasheet on the Medsafe website.

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