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What is Benzoyl Peroxide topical?

Benzoyl peroxide is a topical acne product that is used as adjunctive treatment of mild-to-moderate acne vulgaris and acne rosacea.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Acne 13 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Acne breakout 5 1 Efficacy_slight
Rosacea 2 0

See all 13 patients currently taking Benzoyl Peroxide topical

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 1
Mild
 0
None
 2

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Benzoyl Peroxide topical

Pain 1

Reported Dosages

  3 g as needed 5% as needed 2 g daily 3 g daily 3.5 g daily 5 g daily 7.5 g daily 10 g daily 20 g daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Benzoyl Peroxide topical (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 4   Other: 57%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 14%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 14%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 14%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 14%

See all 6 patients who’ve stopped taking Benzoyl Peroxide topical

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Benzoyl Peroxide topical

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Benzoyl Peroxide topical

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Benzoyl Peroxide topical

Always
 0 0%
Usually
 2 50%
Sometimes
 1 25%
Never
 1 25%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Benzoyl Peroxide topical

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 25%
A little
 1 25%
Not at all
 2 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Benzoyl Peroxide topical

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 1 100%

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Report created on May 24, 2012.