Question · asked by 1 review

Doxycycline 40 mg + metronidazole 1% gel vs doxycycline 100 mg + metronidazole 1% gel: Proportion of participants with adverse event

Population
Participants with rosacea
Intervention
Doxycycline 40 mg + metronidazole 1% gel
Comparison
doxycycline 100 mg + metronidazole 1% gel
Outcome
Proportion of participants with adverse event

Doxycycline 40 mg + metronidazole 1% gel may leads to lower proportion of participants with adverse event compared with doxycycline 100 mg + metronidazole 1% gel (low certainty).

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Doxycycline 40 mg + metronidazole 1% gel vs doxycycline 100 mg + metronidazole 1% gel
Proportion of participants with adverse event · Participants with rosacea
Doxycycline 40 mg + metronidazole 1% gel may leads to lower proportion of participants with adverse event compared with doxycycline 100 mg + metronidazole 1% gel (low certainty).
Interventions for rosacea (2015) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.25 [0.11, 0.54]1 study · 91 participantsLow

Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Interventions for rosacea
2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedNot extractedNot assessed
How reviews are matched to this question

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