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Tretinoin vs Adapalene - What's the difference?

tretinoin | adapalene |

As nouns the difference between tretinoin and adapalene

is that tretinoin is acid form of vitamin A commonly used to treat acne vulgaris and keratosis pilaris while adapalene is a particular medicine used topically to treat skin conditions.

tretinoin

English

(wikipedia tretinoin)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) Acid form of vitamin A commonly used to treat acne vulgaris and keratosis pilaris.

    • Synonyms

    *all-trans retinoic acid *ATRA

    Related terms

    *retinoic acid *vitamin A acid

    adapalene

    English

    (wikipedia adapalene)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (pharmaceutical drug) A particular medicine used topically to treat skin conditions.