Warning patients NOT to use Skin-Cap
September 1997
Both the FDA and HPB are warning patients NOT to use Skin-Cap.
Last month we told you that lots of physicians and patients said it worked great for psoriasis...but we feared its effectiveness might be due to adulteration by steroids.
The label lists the active ingredient as pyrithione zinc.
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