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Okamycin Cream 3%
15gm Tube
Indications
Okamycin is indicated for the treatment of mild to moderate acne vulgaris.
Dosage and Administration of Okamycin
Before applying Okamycin, thoroughly wash the affected area with warm water and soap, rinse well, and pat dry. After washing or shaving, it is best to wait 30 minutes before applying the pledget (swab), topical gel, or topical liquid form. The alcohol in them may irritate freshly washed or shaved skin. Okamycin will not cure your acne. However, to help keep your acne under control, keep using Okamycin for the full time of treatment, even if your symptoms begin to clear up after a few days. You may have to continue using Okamycin every day for months or even longer in some cases. If you stop using Okamycin too soon, your symptoms may return. As a rule, an 8 week treatment period will be necessary, but in instances of recurrence, the period of treatment may be prolonged further. It is important that you do not miss any doses.
The dose of topical Okamycin will be different for different patients. Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the label. The following information includes only the average doses of topical Okamycin. If your dose is different, do not change it unless your doctor tells you to do so.
Precautions when taking Okamycin
In deciding to use Okamycin, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For topical Okamycin, the following should be considered:
Allergies: Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this or any of the other Okamycins. Also tell your health care professional if you are allergic to any other substances, such as preservatives or dyes.
Pregnancy: Topical Okamycin has not been studied in pregnant women. However, this medication has not been shown to cause birth defects or other problems in animal studies.
Breast-feeding: It is not known whether topical Okamycin passes into the breast milk. Okamycin, given by mouth or by injection, does pass into the breast milk. However, Okamycin topical preparations have not been reported to cause problems in nursing babies.
Children: Okamycin topical solution has been tested in children 12 years of age and older and, in effective doses, has not been shown to cause different side effects or problems than it does in adults.
Older adults: Many medicines have not been studied specifically in older people. Therefore, it may not be known whether they work exactly the same way they do in younger adults. Although there is no specific information comparing use of topical Okamycin in the elderly with use in other age groups, this medicine is not expected to cause different side effects or problems in older people than it does in younger adults.
Other medicines: Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. Tell your health care professional if you are using any other topical prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) medicine that is to be applied to the same area of the skin.
Other Brand Names of Erytromycin
Akne-Mycin, A/T/S, Emgel, Erycette, EryDerm, Erygel, Erymax, Ery-Sol, Erythra-Derm, ETS, Staticin, Theramycin Z, T-Stat, Sans-Acne, Staticin.
Side Effects of Okamycin
Adverse effect reported with Okamycin therapy, such as Eryacne gel, include dryness, tenderness, pruritus, desquamation, erythema, oiliness and burning sensation. Irritation of the eye has also been reported. The skin irritation reported has ranged from mild to severe. A case of generalised urticaria reaction, possibly related to the drug, which required the use of systemic steroids has been reported.
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