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Prescription medicineaka oral acne pill · hormonal acne medication

Spironolactone

Caution: Prescription territoryevidence: moderateAAD 2024

Spironolactone is a prescription pill dermatologists use for hormonal acne, the deep, stubborn kind along the jaw and chin that shrugs off creams, mostly in people who menstruate. Dermatology guidelines back it as an option, but it's a real medicine that needs a clinician deciding whether it fits you and keeping an eye on things. If your acne sounds like this, that's a doctor-and-parent conversation, not something to source yourself. We won't give doses here on purpose.

what the evidence says

The AAD 2024 guidelines conditionally recommend oral spironolactone as a hormonal acne therapy; it is prescription-only and requires clinician oversight; this app routes it to a clinician, not to self-treatment.

last reviewed 2026-07-03

sources

  1. 1.American Academy of Dermatology · Guidelines of care for the management of acne vulgaris (2024)

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