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Adapalene in Türkiye

Every medicine licensed in Türkiye that contains adapalene: 5 brands with adapalene alone and 4 that combine it with other active ingredients, with their strengths, forms and prescription colours, and the names the same medicine goes by abroad.

Brands with it alone
5
Brands combining it
4
Companies
8
First licensed
2005

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In Türkiye

Brands of adapalene

Every licensed brand that contains only adapalene, the brands with the most packs first. A pack is one strength and size of a product; suspended products are marked.

BrandCompanyStrengthsFormsPrescriptionPacks
DIFFERINEİP ECZACIBAŞI İLAÇ PAZARLAMA A.Ş0.1%creams & gelsWhite (normal)2
ACNEFFERİNMEGA FARMA İLAÇ VE KOZMETİK SAN. TİC. PAZ. LTD. ŞTİ.0.1%creams & gelsWhite (normal)1
ADADERMKURTSAN İLAÇLARI A.Ş.0.1%creams & gelsWhite (normal)1
AdaclearVEFA İLAÇ SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş.0.1%creams & gelsWhite (normal)1
PALEXILKOÇAK FARMA İLAÇ VE KİMYA SAN. A.Ş.0.1% + 30,000 mgcreams & gels—1
On the shelf

Strengths and forms

How many packs on sale come in each strength and each form. Bars are drawn to scale.

Strengths (alone)

  1. 0.1%5
  2. 0.1% + 30,000 mg1

Forms (all products)

  1. creams & gels12
Brands licensed, year by year The year each brand containing adapalene got its first Turkish licence. First: 2005.

20052025

Combinations

Adapalene with other ingredients

4 brands pair adapalene with another active ingredient. Its most common partners, by packs on sale:

BrandCompanyStrengthsFormsPrescriptionPacks
ZorapelSABA İLAÇ SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş.0.1% + 2.5%creams & gels—3
BupelenFARMA-TEK İLAÇ SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş.0.1% + 2.5% + 45,000 mgcreams & gelsWhite (normal)1
Bupelen FortFARMA-TEK İLAÇ SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş.0.3% + 2.5% + 45,000 mgcreams & gels—1
PODALENSANOVEL İLAÇ SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş.0.1% + 2.5%creams & gels—1
Abroad

The same medicine abroad

Brand names of adapalene in the national medicine lists we hold. If you use one of these at home, the Turkish brands above contain the same active ingredient; check the strength with the pharmacist.

United States

  • Differin
  • Adapalene Paraben Free
  • Curist Acne Relief
  • Effaclar
  • Neutrogena Adapalene 0.1% Acne Treatment
  • Neutrogena Evenly Clear Retinoid Adapalene Gel 0.1% Acne Treatment
  • PanOxyl
  • Proactiv MD Adapalene Acne Treatment

France

  • DIFFERINE
  • ADAPALENE TEVA
  • ADAPALENE ZENTIVA

Egypt

  • Acne-Jed
  • Acnescave
  • Adagel
  • Adanoid
  • Adapalene
  • Aknapalen
  • Marpalene
  • Pal-Mash

In Türkiye, ask forDIFFERIN · ACNEFFERİN · ADADERM · Adaclear · PALEXIL

Prescription

Prescription colours

The prescription colour recorded for its products on the e-prescription list (SKRS). Red and green are the forms for controlled medicines.

  1. White (normal)5

    Most prescription medicines.

None of its products needs a red or green prescription.

This page lists licensed products from Türkiye’s official lists; it gives no dosage or treatment advice. Ask a doctor or pharmacist before taking any medicine.

Questions

Questions about adapalene

What is adapalene called in Türkiye?

On Turkish packs the active ingredient is written “adapalen”. It is sold under 9 brands in all, among them DIFFERIN, ACNEFFERİN, ADADERM, Adaclear.

Which strengths of adapalene are sold in Türkiye?

The packs with adapalene alone come in 0.1%, 0.1% + 30,000 mg; the most common is 0.1%.

Is adapalene a controlled medicine in Türkiye?

None of its products is listed with a red or green prescription, the forms used for controlled medicines. Whether a pack needs a prescription at all is for the pharmacist to say.

What is Differin called in Türkiye?

Differin (United States) contains adapalene. In Türkiye the same active ingredient is sold as DIFFERIN, ACNEFFERİN, ADADERM. Take the pack or this page to the pharmacy to match the strength.

Which medicines combine adapalene with other ingredients?

4 brands combine it, most often with benzoyl peroxide; for example Zorapel, Bupelen, Bupelen Fort.

Sources

Where the data comes from

Active substances are tied to one ingredient each (salts and hydrates set aside, esters that make a different medicine kept), strengths are read from product names, and a foreign brand is matched to Turkish products by ingredients, then strength and dosage form. Matching is automatic and can miss unusual spellings; it never replaces a pharmacist.