Avage Topical and Pitocin

• Generic Name: tazarotene topical
• Dosage Forms: cream
• Other Brand Names: Avage, Fabior, Tazorac

Tazarotene topical foam and gel are used to treat acne. This medicine works to help clear acne on the face partly by keeping the skin pores clear (tiny openings on the skin).

Tazarotene topical 0.1% cream is used to help reduce fine facial wrinkles and certain types of dark and light spots on the face in patients who use a total skin care program and avoid sunlight.

Tazarotene topical cream and gel are used to treat psoriasis. Tazorac® gel is used to treat plaque psoriasis in up to 20% of the skin area involved. This medicine works by making the skin less red and reducing the number and size of lesions of the skin.

This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription.

• Generic Name: oxytocin
• Dosage Forms: injection
• Other Brand Names: Pitocin, Syntocinon

Pitocin is a hormone that is used to induce labor or strengthen uterine contractions, or to control bleeding after childbirth.

Pitocin is also used to stimulate uterine contractions in a woman with an incomplete or threatened miscarriage.

Pitocin may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.