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Below are Aldactone (Spironolactone) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 5 ratings/reviews, Aldactone has an overall score of 4.60. The effectiveness score is 7.20 and the side effect score is 6. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | | Aldactone review by 57 year old female patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Adult acne |
| Dosage & duration: | | 1000mg taken once per day for the period of 14 years |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | pv caroine | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | My acne cleared within one to two months and did not return while I was taking the drug. |
| Side effects: | | I noticed thinning of my hair. This is the only reason I stopped taking the drug, because my hair is naturally very fine iin texture and the thinning was more noticable than if my hair was of a thicker texture. |
| Comments: | | Interestingly, if I took four 250mg doses per day, the drug was not as effective in treating my acne. |
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| | Aldactone review by 50 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Extremely Severe Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | acne |
| Dosage & duration: | | 100mg taken daily for the period of 12 months |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Takes about 3 months to show results, but cleared up my skin, reduced overall oiliness and enlarged pores, and eliminated my very greasy hair, caused by excess oil on my scalp. My skin looked hydrated, clarity was good and the improvement was constant with no variations after the first 3 months. Also contributed a significant improvement to my libido. |
| Side effects: | | Periods about every 14 days. After 12 months of use, DCIS detected in my right breast. No history of breast cancer in the family at all, and I was in good health otherwise. Malignant tumour of the breast was one of the side effects I located on the internet. |
| Comments: | | I am happy to complete this but dont know what you mean, I have already given the dosage. Can you email me what it is you want here? |
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| | Aldactone review by 33 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Marginally Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | hair loss/ facial hair |
| Dosage & duration: | | 100mg day taken 2 daily for the period of 2 months |
| Other conditions: | | acne |
| Other drugs taken: | | yasmin | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | so far combo of spirolonactone and yasmin has regulate my periods, however i have not seen any improvement on acne nor any decrease in facial hair |
| Side effects: | | frequent urination, always thristy, dizziness. |
| Comments: | | sprioloctone has been prescibed to help with hair loss of the scalp, but so far has not shown to be of much effectiveness..second month on it and hair sill falls out a lot. |
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| | Aldactone review by 34 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Marginally Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | hormonal acne |
| Dosage & duration: | | 100 mg taken 1 time a day for the period of 2 month and still taking it |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Not much improvement in hormonal acne. |
| Side effects: | | Dry mouth and lips |
| Comments: | | I started taking Spironolactone for hormonal acne about two months ago along with tazorac and a sulfur face wash. My acne remains the same with only a small change. I still have cysts but but not as many (reduced by 30%). |
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| | Aldactone review by 36 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | acne |
| Dosage & duration: | | 100 mg taken once a day for the period of two years |
| Other conditions: | | hypothyroidism, IBS, chronic stress |
| Other drugs taken: | | synthroid, doxycycline, dycyclomine, wellbutrin | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | The Spironolactone has really helped my acne, especially the huge flare ups I'd have monthly with my period. I do still occasionally have break outs, but they are usually less severe, shorter lasting, and confined to my face. |
| Side effects: | | The main side effect I've had is irregular periods. First it was annoying, not knowing when my period when come. Then as my period became less frequent, it was actually kind of nice. However, now I feel like about 15 or 20 days into my cycle I start to bloat like normal, but don;t start or get relief for about another thirty or so days. So, now I kinda feel like it's bloating or acne to choose from. |
| Comments: | | I take two 50 mg spironolactone tablets each morning along with 50 mg od doxycycline. |
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