Tazorac
Tazorac is a skin care medication containing Tazarotene, available as 1/5% tubes.
- Category
- Skin Care
- Active ingredient
- Tazarotene
- Route
- Cutaneous use
- Form
- Cream, Gel
- Strengths
- 1/5%
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Prescription rules on Tazorac vary by country.
Details
- Conditions
- Plaque psoriasis · Acne vulgaris
- Alternative Name
- Zorac
- Therapeutic Class
- Retinoid
- Pharmacological Class
- Acetylenic Retinoid
- Minor Side Effects
- skin irritation, burning sensation, dry skin, erythema
- Moderate Side Effects
- pruritus, desquamation
- Dosage Forms
- Cream, Gel
- Administration Route
- Cutaneous use
- Prescription Status
- Available without prescription
- Originator
- AbbVie
- Onset Time
- 4–8 weeks
- Duration
- 3–6 months
- Storage Instructions
- Store at controlled room temperature, away from extremes of heat.
- Drug Interactions
- isotretinoin, adapalene
- Age Restrictions
- Not recommended for children under 12 years.
What you will receive
Tazorac is the originator brand name, made by AbbVie. We use it here to identify the medicine only; we are not affiliated with AbbVie and do not ship the original Tazorac.
- You receive a generic equivalent: the same active ingredient (Tazarotene) at the same dose, mostly recognised Indian branded generics from vetted manufacturers.
- The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock at the dispatching warehouse.
- A regulated generic matches the original ingredient for ingredient by legal standard.