Benzoyl peroxide vs placebo or no treatment: Adverse effects (side effects; treatment withdrawals)
Benzoyl peroxide may leads to higher withdrawal due to adverse effects (long‐term data) Treatment… compared with placebo or no treatment (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Benzoyl peroxide vs placebo or no treatment Withdrawal due to adverse effects (long‐term data) Treatment duration: range 10 weeks to 12 weeks · acne vulgaris Benzoyl peroxide may leads to higher withdrawal due to adverse effects (long‐term data) Treatment… compared with placebo or no treatment (low certainty). Topical benzoyl peroxide for acne (2020) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 2.13 [1.55, 2.93] | 24 studies · 13744 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Topical benzoyl peroxide for acne 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.