(pra MOX een and ZINK OX ide TOP ik al) Brand: Anusol, Tronolane Anesthetic for Hemorrhoids, Tucks Hemorrhoidal
• You must not use this medicine if you are allergic to pramoxine, zinc, dimethicone, lanolin, cod liver oil, petroleum jelly, parabens, mineral oil, or wax.
• Avoid getting this medication in your eyes, nose, or vagina. If this does happen, rinse with water.
• Pramoxine and zinc oxide topical will not treat a bacterial or fungal infection. Call your doctor if you have any signs of infection such as redness and warmth or oozing lesions near your rectum.
• Stop using pramoxine and zinc oxide topical and call your doctor if your symptoms do not improve after 7 day of treatment, or if your condition clears up and then comes back.
• Pramoxine is an anesthetic, or "numbing medicine." It works by interfering with pain signals sent from the nerves to the brain.
• Zinc oxide is a mineral.
• The combination of pramoxine and zinc oxide topical (for the skin) is used to treat itching, burning, irritation, or another rectal discomfort caused by hemorrhoids or painful bowel movements.
• Pramoxine and zinc oxide topical may also be used for purposes not listed in this medicine guide.
• You must not use this medicine if you are allergic to pramoxine, zinc, dimethicone, lanolin, cod liver oil, petroleum jelly, parabens, mineral oil, or wax.
• Ask a doctor or pharmacist if it is safety for you to use this medication if you are allergic to any drugs or any another numbing medicines.
• FDA pregnancy category C. It is not known whether pramoxine and zinc oxide topical will harm an unborn child. Do not use this medicine without medical advice if you are pregnant.
• It is not known whether pramoxine and zinc oxide topical passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing child. Do not use this medicine without medical advice if you are breast-feeding a baby.
• Use exactly as directed on the label, or as predesigned by your doctor. Do not use in larger or less amounts or for longer than recommended.
• Wash your hands till and after applying this medication. Wash the affected skin area with warm water and a mild soap. Rinse and dry the area thoroughly.
• Pramoxine and zinc oxide topical may be used on the rectum after every bowel movement to treat hemorrhoid pain and itching.
• Do not insert this medicine into your rectum. Use pramoxine and zinc oxide topical only on the external of the area.
• Pramoxine and zinc oxide topical will not treat a bacterial or fungal infection. Call your doctor if you have any signs of infection such as redness and warmth or oozing lesions near your rectum.
• Stop using this medication and call your doctor if your symptoms do not improve after 7 day of treatment, or if your condition clears up and then comes back.
• Store at room temperature away from moisture and heat. Hold the cap tightly closed when not in use.
• Since pramoxine and zinc oxide topical is used on an as needed basis, you are not likely to miss a doze. Using extra cream or ointment to create up a missed doze will not create the medicine more effective.
• Search abnormal medical attention or call the Poison Help line at 1-800-222-1222.
• Avoid getting this medication in your eyes, nose, or vagina. If this does happen, rinse with water.
• Get abnormal medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your person, lips, tongue, or throat.
• Stop using pramoxine and zinc oxide topical and call your doctor at once if you have a serious side effect such as:
· any new redness or swelling where the medication was applied;
· severe pain, burning, or stinging where the medication is applied; or
· rectal bleeding or continued pain.
• Smaller serious side effects are more likely, and you may have none at all.
• This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may message side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
• It is not likely that another drugs you take orally or inject will have an effect on topically applied pramoxine and zinc oxide. But much drugs can interact with every another. Speak your doctor about all your prescription and over-the-counter medications, vitamins, minerals, herbal commodity, and drugs predesigned by another doctors. Do not start a new medicine without telling your doctor.
• Your pharmacist can provide more information about pramoxine and zinc oxide topical.
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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