ADAPALENE

Course overview

ADAPALENE IS A TOPICAL RETINOID WITH FDA APPROVAL FOR THE TREATMENT OF ACNE VULGARIS. CLINICIANS USE RETINOIDS ARE USED TO TREAT A WIDE VARIETY OF SKIN DISORDERS. ADAPALENE ALSO HAS THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION IN SEVERAL NON-FDA-APPROVED INDICATIONS, INCLUDING THE TREATMENT OF VERRUCA, MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM, DARIER DISEASE, FOX-FORDYCE DISEASE, DOWLING-DEGOS DISEASE, PHOTOAGING, PIGMENTARY DISORDERS, ACTINIC KERATOSES, AND ALOPECIA AREATA. THIS ACTIVITY OUTLINES THE INDICATIONS, CONTRAINDICATIONS, INTERACTIONS, MONITORING, AND OTHER THERAPEUTIC INFORMATION PERTINENT TO MEMBERS OF AN INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN THE CARE OF PATIENTS ON ADAPALENE THERAPY.