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VIDEO: Which patients are best for new onychomycosis topicals?


 

AT SDEF HAWAII DERMATOLOGY SEMINAR

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WAIKOLOA, HAWAII – Two new topical treatments for nail fungal infections are more effective than previous topical therapies, but the key to successful results is picking the right onychomycosis patient, according to Dr. Theodore Rosen.

The two new agents, tavaborole and efinaconazole, “are both better than what we had previously, especially considering topical agents don’t do quite as well as oral agents do,” explained Dr. Rosen, professor of dermatology at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.

The new topicals are “very convenient, in that it’s an easy-to-do regimen, once a day,” Dr. Rosen noted. But “they are inconvenient, in that they both have to be used about 48 weeks. So, that’s about a year’s worth of therapy.”

In an interview at the Hawaii Dermatology Seminar provided by Global Academy for Medical Education/Skin Disease Education Foundation, Dr. Rosen discussed approaches to achieving the best outcomes with the new agents, and he outlined other practical steps patients can take to prevent the return of nail fungal infections.

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