A 24 year old unmarried woman has multiple nodular, cystic, pustular and comadonic lesions on face, upper back and shoulders for 2 years. The drug of choice for her treatment would be –
High-Yield Explanation
The DOC for nodulocystic acne is oral isotretinoin (13-Cis Retinoic acid)
Indications of isotretinoin → Severe acne (>25 lesions), Nodulocystic lesions, Large nodular lesions, Moderate acne not responding to oral antibiotics (Recalcitrant acne).