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Below are Aldactone (Spironolactone) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 3 ratings/reviews, Aldactone has an overall score of 4.33. The effectiveness score is 8 and the side effect score is 4.67. 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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