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  • Oral azithromycin equivalent to six weeks doxycycline for meibomian gland dysfunction

    04/01/2023 8:56:57 PM PDT · by ConservativeMind · 4 replies
    Medical Xpress / HealthDay / JAMA Ophthalmology ^ | March 31, 2023 | Phit Upaphong et al / B. Michele Melia
    Three weeks of oral azithromycin seems to be equivalent to six weeks of doxycycline for treatment of severe meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), according to a study. Phit Upaphong, M.D. and colleagues conducted a randomized trial involving patients with moderate-to-severe MGD who were randomly assigned to receive oral azithromycin (1 g once per week for three weeks) or oral doxycycline (200 mg daily for six weeks). Overall, 137 eyes from 137 patients were randomly assigned to the azithromycin and doxycycline groups (68 and 69 eyes, respectively). The researchers found that the adjusted mean between-group difference of total MGD scores was −0.33...