As with any medication, you should always confer with a licensed medical practitioner before making any changes to your daily regimen. Even if the acne product that you are taking is an over the counter remedy, you should still at least speak with the pharmacist to learn about any known contraindications between your prescription medicines and the acne medication in question. Whether or not your acne compound is a topical or an oral application, there still could be some problems. Some people may think that a topical solution couldn’t affect something you take internally, but it can. Topical ointments and the like are absorbed into the skin, and they become “internally sourced.” Once they get inside your body they can have any number of effects with other unnatural compounds existing in the body.
All prescription medications have the known side effects clearly listed in their packaging, but you may have to do some extra research when dealing with over the counter alternatives. Do the math and make sure that you are informed to the best of your abilities before making a final decision, and remember to always talk to a doctor about your choices. |
