tazarotene
Sign in to saveTazarotene, sold under the brand name Tazorac, among others, is a third-generation prescription topical retinoid. It is primarily used for the treatment of plaque psoriasis and acne. Tazarotene is also used as a therapeutic for photoaged and photodamaged skin. It is a member of the acetylenic class of retinoids.
Key facts
- Drug.image
- Tazarotene.png
- Drug.image_class
- skin-invert-image
- Drug.alt
- Skeletal formula of tazarotene
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- 240
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- bg-transparent
- Drug.alt2
- Space-filling model of the tazarotene molecule
- Drug.tradename
- Tazorac, Arazlo, Fabior, others
- Drug.MedlinePlus
- a616052
- Drug.DailyMedID
- Tazarotene
- Drug.routes_of_administration
- Topical
- Drug.ATC_prefix
- D05
- Drug.ATC_suffix
- AX05
- Drug.ATC_supplemental
- (combination with ulobetasol)
- Drug.legal_CA
- Rx-only
- Drug.legal_CA_comment
- /Schedule D
- Drug.legal_US
- Rx-only
- Drug.legal_status
- Rx-only
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
752 papers- Tazarotene.2006
- Tazarotene.Drugs · 1998
- Tazarotene 0.045% Lotion: A Novel Retinoid Formulation.The Annals of pharmacotherapy · 2022
- GelMA/PEGDA microneedles patch loaded with HUVECs-derived exosomes and Tazarotene promote diabetic wound healing.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2022
- Pharmacokinetics of tazarotene and acitretin in psoriasis.Expert opinion on drug metabolism & toxicology · 2018
via PubMed
Article
12 sectionsContents
- Medical uses
- Available forms
- Contraindications
- Pregnancy
- Adverse effects
- Pharmacology
- Mechanism of action
- Pharmacokinetics
- Synthesis
- Research
- Melanoma
- References
Tazarotene, sold under the brand name Tazorac, among others, is a third-generation prescription topical retinoid. It is primarily used for the treatment of plaque psoriasis and acne. Tazarotene is also used as a therapeutic for photoaged and photodamaged skin. It is a member of the acetylenic class of retinoids.
Tazarotene was approved for medical use in 1997 and is available as a generic medication.