If you're dealing with the red bumps and blemishes of rosacea, there's a treatment option you need to know about.

ORACEA^® has been proven to reduce the inflammatory lesions (red bumps, blemishes, and pustules) of rosacea only and will not lessen facial redness.

Many patients treated with ORACEA^® in clinical trials started to see improvements (reduction in inflammatory lesions) by around 3-4 weeks and these continued through the full 16-week course of study.

In clinical trials, most side effects were mild in severity and most frequent side effects included soreness in the nose and throat (nasopharyngitis), diarrhea and headache. The safety of ORACEA^® has been studied over nine months, with no increase in side effects seen with longer treatment.

ORACEA^® is a once-daily capsule that is typically taken in the morning — but be sure to take it exactly as prescribed by your doctor.

Unlike traditional doses of doxycyclines (antibiotic at doses that kill bacteria), the low-dose formulation of ORACEA^® does not work by killing bacteria, instead it reduces the red bumps and blemishes of rosacea without inducing antibiotic resistance. That's important because:

• Rosacea is a chronic inflammatory skin condition — not a bacterial infection
• In many cases, rosacea requires long-term management, and in clinical studies, ORACEA^® has not shown to contribute to antibiotic resistance