Acne and Rosacea Charity Training Manual
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Erythromycin<br />
Erythromycin is available in a number of preparations:<br />
2% alcoholic solution (marketed as Steimycin), there are now issue with this solution due to antibiotic drug resistance.<br />
4% alcoholic solution with 1.2% zinc (marketed as Zineryt lotion). The high concentration of erythromycin gives<br />
good results in inflammatory lesions.<br />
2% erythromycin is also available with 0.1% isotretinoin (marketed as Isotrexin) where the antibiotic reduces the irritancy of the retinoid <strong>and</strong><br />
targets inflammatory <strong>and</strong> non-inflammatory lesions at the same time.
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