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==Dosage and Administration== | |||
<ref name="dailymed.nlm.nih.gov">{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = CICLODAN (CICLOPIROX OLAMINE) CREAM CICLODAN (CICLOPIROX OLAMINE) KIT [MEDIMETRIKS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.] | url = http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=346422b8-003d-4c4f-8a92-1e9146c13732 | publisher = | date = | accessdate = }}</ref> | Gently massage Ciclodan® Cream into the affected and surrounding skin areas twice daily, in the morning and evening. Clinical improvement with relief of pruritus and other symptoms usually occurs within the first week of treatment. If a patient shows no clinical improvement after four weeks of treatment with Ciclodan® Cream the diagnosis should be redetermined. Patients with tinea versicolor usually exhibit clinical and mycological clearing after two weeks of treatment.<ref name="dailymed.nlm.nih.gov">{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = CICLODAN (CICLOPIROX OLAMINE) CREAM CICLODAN (CICLOPIROX OLAMINE) KIT [MEDIMETRIKS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.] | url = http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=346422b8-003d-4c4f-8a92-1e9146c13732 | publisher = | date = | accessdate = }}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 00:48, 6 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
Gently massage Ciclodan® Cream into the affected and surrounding skin areas twice daily, in the morning and evening. Clinical improvement with relief of pruritus and other symptoms usually occurs within the first week of treatment. If a patient shows no clinical improvement after four weeks of treatment with Ciclodan® Cream the diagnosis should be redetermined. Patients with tinea versicolor usually exhibit clinical and mycological clearing after two weeks of treatment.[1]
References
Adapted from the FDA Package Insert.