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Patients or carers should be given advice on how to administer hydrocortisone with clotrimazole cream
Then a cream (usually containing 2% clotrimazole) is applied around the outside of the vagina to relieve the itching and soreness
Restrictions on the use of co-trimoxazole
Child 4–23 months
5 mL 4 times a day treatment should be continued for at least 7 days after Candidal skin infections can be treated with a topical imidazole antifungal, such as clotrimazole, econazole nitrate, ketoconazole, or miconazole; topical terbinafine is an alternative
Treatment: 10 mg orally 5 times a day for 14 days
Clotrimazole is effective in the treatment of skin infections such as athlete's foot, jock itch, ringworm, pityriasis versicolor, intertrigo, and It’s OK to use clotrimazole pessaries and internal and external creams while you’re breastfeeding
thrush is more likely after antibiotic usage; or if there is poor positioning Candida - female genital: Summary
Summary of Use during Lactation
There is more information about the preparations used to treat these conditions in the separate medicine leaflets called Clotrimazole for vaginal thrush and 1
Thrush, also called candidiasis or white mouth, is a fungus infection of the mouth and throat
Clotrimazole solution comes in a bottle with a plastic dropper that lets the solution out in drops
Clotrimazole 1% solution is used to treat fungal infections in the ear
Local skin irritations, such as rash, pruritus, oedema, and skin peeling
Canesten Thrush External Cream should not be used if the patient has any of the following symptoms whereupon medical advice should be sought: - irregular vaginal bleeding Clotrimazole was not teratogenic in reproductive toxicity studies in mice, rats and rabbits
Pharmacodynamic Effects
Clotrimazole 10 mg per 1 gram
If symptoms persist for more than 4 days the patient may have a medical condition that requires treatment by a doctor
In dry skin conditions soap should be avoided