Tacrolimus ointment: Too many unknowns

Prescrire International

Volumn 13, Issue 71, 2004, Pages 86-89

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ALCLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; CORTICOSTEROID; DILTIAZEM; ERYTHROMYCIN; EXCIPIENT; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE ACETATE; HYDROCORTISONE BUTYRATE; TACROLIMUS;

ACNE; ALCOHOL INTOLERANCE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BURNING SENSATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG UPTAKE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FOLLICULITIS; FRANCE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GRAFT REJECTION; HAND WASHING; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOMA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OINTMENT; PHOTOTOXICITY; PREGNANCY; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAPSE; SKIN CANCER; SKIN INFECTION; TERATOGENICITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

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