PVP-JOD AL Ointment, 300 g

Instructions for use for PVP-JOD AL Ointment, 300 g

Detailed instructions for PVP-JOD AL Ointment, 300 g

Field of use

• This medicine is a povidon iodine-containing, germicidal agent (antiseptic) for antimicrobial skin and wound treatment.
• It serves as an antiseptic for repeated, temporary use in the case of damaged skin, such as: B. Decubitus (pressure ulcers), ulcus cruris (lower leg ulcer), superficial wounds and burns, infected and super infected skin diseases.

Active ingredients / ingredients / ingredients

100 mg povidon iod
10 mg iodine
Macrogol 400 auxiliary material (+)
Macrogol 4000 auxiliary substances (+)
Sodium hydroxide auxiliary substance (+)
Water, cleaned auxiliary material (+)

Contradictions

• The medicine must not be used
  • if you are hypersensitive to povidon iodine or one of the other components.
  • if you suffer from a thyroid disease.
  • if you are ill with dermatitis herpetiformis duhring (rare skin disease with burning, itching and different types of skin, especially on poor, legs, shoulders and buttocks).
  • if you have a radiation therapy of the thyroid with iodine (radioiodine therapy) planned or carried out (until the treatment).
  • for newborns and infants up to the age of 6 months.

dosage

• Always apply the preparation exactly according to the instruction. Please ask your doctor or pharmacist if you are not quite sure.
• The ointment is applied several times a day according to the size of the areas to be treated.
• At the beginning of the treatment, the ointment should be applied again every 4 - 6 hours to get an optimal microbizide effect.
• The ointment can remain on the wound for a long time and should be applied at the latest after decolouration.
• Notice:
  • The brown color of the ointment is a property of the preparation.
  • It shows the presence of available iodine and thus the effectiveness. If the brown color is decreased, it must be replaced, whereby a complete occupancy of the affected areas is necessary, since the ointment has a exclusively local antiseptic effect.

• Duration of the application
  • The duration of the application of the ointment results from the present indication.

• If you have used a larger amount than you should
  • the wound cannot harm this. Excess ointment outside the area to be treated should be removed with a clean cloth to avoid contamination of the clothing.
  • This preparation should only be used externally.
  • After the accident in the accident of larger amounts of the ointment, medical advice must be obtained immediately, as a severe thyroid dysfunction can occur.

• If you have forgotten the application
  • continue the treatment according to the specified dosage.

• If you cancel the application
  • can deteriorate the wound state.

• If you have any further questions about the application of the drug, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

Taking

• For external application
• The ointment is applied several times a day according to the size of the areas to be treated.
• For local, antiseptic-therapeutic application, the affected games are fully coated.

Patient information

• Bespecial caution in the application is required:
  • Because of the risk of burnberiodide estimates, Povidon iodine may not be used at the same time or at short notice with mercury derivatives.
  • Information on the influence of diagnostic studies:
    • Due to the oxidizing effect of povidone iodine, various diagnostic examinations can lead to incorrect results (including O-Toluidin and Guajakharz for hemoglobin or glucose determination).
    • Under the administration of Povidon iod, the iodine recording of the thyroid gland can be reduced. This can lead to disorders in certain thyroid thyroid tests such as the thyroid glandcintigraphy (nuclear medicine examination of the thyroid gland), the PBI determination (indirect determination method for thyroid hormones) and the radioiod diagnosis (nuclear medical examination of the thyroid function) as well as planned radioiod therapy (treatment with radioactivity ¹³¹iodine) impossible. Until the start of a new scintigram, a waiting time of at least 1-2 weeks after stopping the povidon iodine treatment should be observed.

• Wateriness and operating machines
  • There are no special precautions required.

Pregnancy

• The drug should only be applied by the treating doctor until the 9th week of pregnancy after careful consideration of benefits and risk.
• After the 9th week of pregnancy and during breastfeeding, the ointment must not be used, since iodine, also from Povidon-iod, is placent agent and transferred to breast milk.

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