$18.00
Manufacturer: Jordan
Fuzikutan cream is indicated for the local treatment of infectious skin diseases caused by bacteria that are sensitive to the action of fusidic acid (see the section “Pharmacodynamics”). The cream is used for the treatment of wet skin diseases.
Description
Fuziderm cream Storage
active substance: fusidic acid;
1 g of cream contains 20 mg of fusidic acid;
Excipients: white soft paraffin, cetostearyl alcohol, polyethylene glycol 1000 cetostearyl ether, mineral light oil, methylparaben (E 218), propylparaben (E 216), sodium citrate, propylene glycol, purified water.
Fuziderm cream Dosage form
Cream.
Main physical and chemical properties: white cream.
Fuziderm cream Pharmacotherapeutic group
Antibiotics and chemotherapeutic drugs for use in dermatology.
ATX code D06A X01
Pharmacological properties
Pharmacodynamics.
Fusidic acid is a natural antibiotic formed during the growth of Fusidium coccineum. Disrupts microbial cell protein synthesis, depending on the dose acts bacteriostatically or bactericidal. The drug has a powerful antibacterial effect on a wide range of gram-positive microorganisms – Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp., Corynebacterium minutissimum, including on staphylococci resistant to penicillin, streptomycin, chloramphenicol, erythromycin and other antibiotics. Fusiderm® has the ability to act through intact skin. When applied topically, fusidic acid is active against Corynebacteria spp., Neisseria spp., Clostridia srp.
Pharmacokinetics.
When applied topically, systemic absorption is negligible.
Indication
As monotherapy or in combination with systemic therapy, for the treatment of primary or secondary infections of the skin and soft tissues caused by susceptible strains of microorganisms (Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus spp. And Corynebacterium minutissimum), including impetigo, folliculitis, paronychia chin, erythrasma, acne, infected wounds and burns, infected contact dermatitis, infected eczema-like dermatitis.
Contraindication
Hypersensitivity to fusidic acid or to other components of the drug, skin and soft tissue infections insensitive to the drug, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction
Interaction studies have not been performed. Interaction with drugs of systemic action is considered minimal, as systemic absorption when applied topically to the drug Fusiderm®, cream, is negligible.
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