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• Use this medicine for the full amount of time predesigned by your doctor or as recommended in the package even if you begin to feel better. Your symptoms may improve till the infection is completely healed.
• Avoid your eyes, nose, mouth, and lips when applying mupirocin topical. If medicine gets in any of these areas, wash with water.
• Watch for signs of improvement in 3 to 5 days. If your condition gets worse or does not improve, see your doctor.
• Mupirocin is an antibiotic. Mupirocin topical prevents bacteria from growing on your skin.
• Mupirocin topical is used to treat infections of the skin such as impetigo.
• Mupirocin topical may also be used for purposes another than those listed in this medicine guide.
• Do not use mupirocin topical if you have ever had an allergic reaction to it.
• You may not be able to use mupirocin topical if you have a very big open wound. This medicine contains polyethylene glycol, which may reason hurt to your kidneys if too many drug is absorbed through your skin.
• Mupirocin topical is in the FDA pregnancy category B. This means that it is unlikely to harm an unborn child. Do not use mupirocin topical without first talking to your doctor if you are pregnant.
• Mupirocin topical passes into breast milk and may affect a nursing infant. Do not use mupirocin topical without first talking to your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
• Use mupirocin topical exactly as directed by your doctor. If you do not understand these instructions, ask your pharmacist, nurse, or doctor to explain them to you.
• Wash your hands till and after using this medication.
• Clean and dry the affected area. Apply a little amount of the ointment as directed.
• Use this medicine for the full amount of time predesigned by your doctor or as recommended in the package even if you begin to feel better. Your symptoms may improve till the infection is completely healed.
• You must announcement improvement in 3 to 5 days. If the infection gets worse or does not improve, consult your doctor.
• Do not use bandages that do not let air circulation over the affected area unless otherwise directed by your doctor. A easy, cotton-gauze dressing may be used to protect clothing.
• Avoid getting this medicine in your eyes, nose, or mouth or in big, open wounds.
• Store mupirocin topical at room temperature away from moisture and heat.
• Apply the missed doze as soon as you remember. However, if it is nearly time for your following doze, skip the doze you missed and apply only the regular amount of mupirocin topical. Do not use a double doze of this medicine unless otherwise directed by your doctor.
• An overdose of mupirocin topical is rare. Consult a doctor if you suspect an overdose. No symptoms of an overdose are known.
• If mupirocin topical gets in your eyes or mouth, rinse with water.
• If mupirocin topical is ingested, consult a poison control center.
• Avoid using another topical preparations on the same area at the same time unless directed to do so by your doctor.
• Serious side effects are not expected to occur with mupirocin topical therapy. Stop using mupirocin topical and see your doctor if you experience unusual blistering, itching, redness, peeling, dryness, or irritation of the skin.
• Side effects another than those listed here may also occur. Conversation to your doctor about any side effect that seems unusual or that is especially bothersome. You may message side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
• Another topical medications may change the way that your skin absorbs mupirocin topical. Avoid using another commodity on the same area at the same time unless directed to do so by your doctor.
• Your pharmacist has additional information about mupirocin topical written for health professionals that you may read.
Remember, hold this and all another medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medicine only for the indication prescribed.
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