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If a patient shows no clinical improvement after the treatment period, the diagnosis should be reviewed. | If a patient shows no clinical improvement after the treatment period, the diagnosis should be reviewed. | ||
'''Note''': [[Tinea]] (pityriasis) versicolor may give rise to hyperpigmented or hypopigmented patches on the trunk that may extend to the neck, arms, and upper thighs. Treatment of the infection may not immediately result in restoration of pigment to the affected sites. Normalization of pigment following successful therapy is variable and may take months, depending on individual skin type and incidental sun exposure. | '''Note''': [[Tinea]] (pityriasis) versicolor may give rise to hyperpigmented or hypopigmented patches on the trunk that may extend to the neck, arms, and upper thighs. | ||
Treatment of the infection may '''not immediately''' result in restoration of pigment to the affected sites. Normalization of pigment following successful therapy is variable and may take months, depending on individual skin type and incidental sun exposure. | |||
Although tinea (pityriasis) versicolor is not contagious, it may recur because the organism that causes the disease is part of the normal skin flora.<ref name="dailymed.nlm.nih.gov">{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = OXISTAT (OXICONAZOLE NITRATE) CREAM OXISTAT (OXICONAZOLE NITRATE) LOTION [PHARMADERM A DIVISION OF FOUGERA PHARMACEUTICALS INC.] | url = http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=b87a89d2-6e45-4eb8-be2c-7f55f34d61e5#nlm34089-3 | publisher = | date = | accessdate = }}</ref> | Although tinea (pityriasis) versicolor is not contagious, it may recur because the organism that causes the disease is part of the normal skin flora.<ref name="dailymed.nlm.nih.gov">{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = OXISTAT (OXICONAZOLE NITRATE) CREAM OXISTAT (OXICONAZOLE NITRATE) LOTION [PHARMADERM A DIVISION OF FOUGERA PHARMACEUTICALS INC.] | url = http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=b87a89d2-6e45-4eb8-be2c-7f55f34d61e5#nlm34089-3 | publisher = | date = | accessdate = }}</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 08:14, 9 January 2014
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Zaghw, M.D. [2]
Dosage and Administration
OXISTAT® Cream or Lotion should be applied to affected and immediately surrounding areas once to twice daily in patients with tinea pedis, tinea corporis, ortinea cruris. OXISTAT® Cream should be applied once daily in the treatment of tinea versicolor (pityriasis).
Tinea corporis, tinea cruris, and tinea (pityriasis) versicolor should be treated for 2 weeks and tinea pedis for 1 month to reduce the possibility of recurrence.
If a patient shows no clinical improvement after the treatment period, the diagnosis should be reviewed.
Note: Tinea (pityriasis) versicolor may give rise to hyperpigmented or hypopigmented patches on the trunk that may extend to the neck, arms, and upper thighs. Treatment of the infection may not immediately result in restoration of pigment to the affected sites. Normalization of pigment following successful therapy is variable and may take months, depending on individual skin type and incidental sun exposure.
Although tinea (pityriasis) versicolor is not contagious, it may recur because the organism that causes the disease is part of the normal skin flora.[1]
References
Adapted from the FDA Package Insert.