Tazorac vs Adapalene - from FDA reports
2,125 people who take Tazorac and Adapalene are studied.
Number of reports submitted per year:

Drugs in this study:
- Tazorac (tazarotene)
- Adapalene (adapalene)
eHealthMe real world results:
Most common side effects:
Tazorac:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Pain
- Dry Skin
- Drug Ineffective
- Headache (pain in head)
- Dyspnoea (difficult or laboured respiration)
- Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit)
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Erythema (redness of the skin)
Adapalene:
- Pain
- Erythema (redness of the skin)
- Pruritus (severe itching of the skin)
- Skin Exfoliation (removal of the oldest dead skin cells)
- Drug Ineffective
- Headache (pain in head)
- Pregnancy
- Burning Sensation
- Anaemia (lack of blood)
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Most common side effects experienced by people in long term use:
Tazorac:
- Anxiety
- Chest Pain
- Depression
- Pain
- Insomnia (sleeplessness)
- Dry Skin
- Cholecystitis Chronic (long lasting infection of gallbladder)
- Asthma
- Alopecia (absence of hair from areas of the body)
- Headache (pain in head)
Adapalene:
- Pain
- Anxiety
- Emotional Distress
- Pregnancy
- Myocardial Strain
- General Physical Health Deterioration (weak health status)
- Neuropathy Peripheral (surface nerve damage)
- Injury
- Pulmonary Embolism (blockage of the main artery of the lung)
- Crying
What are the drugs?
- Tazorac has active ingredients of tazarotene. It is often used in acne. (latest outcomes from Tazorac 780 users)
- Adapalene has active ingredients of adapalene. It is often used in acne. (latest outcomes from Adapalene 306 users)
Related studies:
- Tazorac side effects (740 reports)
- Adapalene side effects (297 reports)
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