What is Calmoseptine Ointment good for?

What is Calmoseptine Ointment good for?

This medication is used to treat and prevent minor skin irritations (such as from diarrhea, burns, cuts, scrapes). It works by forming a barrier on the skin to protect it from irritants/moisture. Check the ingredients on the label even if you have used the product before.

What is Calmoseptine generic name?

Calmoseptine (Topical application) Generic name: menthol and zinc oxide (topical application route) [ MEN-thol, zink-OX-ide ] Drug class: Miscellaneous topical agents. Medically reviewed by Drugs.com.

Is Calmoseptine the same as zinc oxide?

Calmoseptine contains 20% zinc oxide, combined with menthol, chlorothymol (antiseptic and antifungal), glycerin (emollient with water-retaining properties), lanolin (moisturizing skin conditioner), sodium bicarbonate (antipruritic), phenol (antiseptic) and thymol (antiseptic, antifungal and deodorizer).

Is Calmoseptine good for rashes?

Calmoseptine® Ointment is for use on diaper rash, feeding tube site leakage, wound drainage, minor cuts and scrapes, minor burns and irradiated skin, fistulas, moisture in skin folds, partial-thickness wounds, hemorrhoids and anal fissures.

Which medicine is best for skin rashes?

Hydrocortisone cream (1%) is available without a prescription and may soothe many rashes. Stronger cortisone creams are available with a prescription. If you have eczema, apply moisturizers over your skin. Try oatmeal bath products, available at drugstores, to relieve symptoms of eczema or psoriasis.

Is Calmoseptine good for fungal infection?

The ingredients in Calmoseptine® Ointment: Provide a physical moisture barrier, keeping feces, urine and wound drainage from intact and injured skin. Mild antiseptic ingredients may help prevent secondary bacterial and fungal infections of the skin.

Does Calmoseptine heal fissures?

Many customers find that calmoseptine cream can aid in the relief of rectal itch, hemorrhoids, and anal fissures. It can even be used as a wound care tool to treat minor burns and protect skin from wound leakage.

Does Calmoseptine have calamine in it?

Zinc oxide, calamine. Each sachet of 3.5 g of ointment contains zinc oxide 555.7 mg and calamine 164.5 mg. It also contains menthol, sodium bicarbonate, phenol, lanolin, thymol, chlorothymol and glycerin in a suitable ointment base.

Is Calmoseptine good for open wounds?

Tell all of your health care providers that you take Calmoseptine (menthol and zinc oxide ointment and paste). This includes your doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and dentists. Do not put on open or deep wounds, animal bites, infections, or very bad burns or cuts.