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Other potential off-label treatments for facial erythema of rosacea include vascular lasers, oral beta-blockers or alpha-agonists, and even botulinum toxin.

If a patient feels strongly about continuing medical marijuana use, and you feel that their marijuana use is not clinically harmful and that psychiatric symptoms require treatment, consider medications without a known potential for abuse (eg, antidepressants, buspirone, or hydroxyzine for anxiety; alpha-agonists or atomoxetine for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, etc.).

Only 2% of those without a sleep diagnosis took alpha-agonists, but 13% took melatonin and 15% took any medication.

Over-the-counter antihistamines are the most commonly utilized medications in all age groups and alpha-agonists are the most frequently prescribed sleep medications.

In fact, sometimes the use of topical alpha-agonists make them appear more visible as the background erythema that helps to disguise them fades away.