How do you use Sulfamylon cream?
Use this medication on the skin only. After cleaning the affected area, apply this medication to the wound while wearing a clean pair of medical gloves (e.g., latex, vinyl), usually once or twice daily or as directed by your doctor. The layer of cream should be about one-sixteenth of an inch (1 to 2 millimeters) thick.
What is Sulfamylon cream?
Sulfamylon Cream (mafenide acetate) is a topical (for the skin) antibiotic used to prevent infection in severe burn wounds. Common side effects of Sulfamylon Cream include: pain or burning of treated areas. redness. itching, or.
What is Mafenide cream used for?
Mafenide, a sulfa medicine, is used to prevent and treat bacterial or fungus infections. It works by preventing growth of the fungus or bacteria. Mafenide cream is applied to the skin and/or burned area(s) to prevent and treat bacterial or fungus infections that may occur in burns.
How does Mafenide acetate cause metabolic acidosis?
Mafenide acetate 5% solution is converted by monoamine oxidase to p-sulfamylvanzoic acid, a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor. Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors prevent the conversion of hydrogen ions in the body to carbonic acid, leading to metabolic acidosis in the patient.
What are the side effects of silver nitrate?
What are the possible side effects of silver nitrate topical? Get emergency medical help if you have signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficult breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat. Repeated applications of silver nitrate may cause a gray or blue-black discoloration of treated skin.
What are the side effects of Mafenide acetate?
Sulfamylon (mafenide acetate) is a topical (for the skin) antibiotic used to prevent infection in severe burn wounds. Common side effects of Sulfamylon include skin rash, redness, or itching, or pain, burning, or redness of the treated skin areas.
Is Mafenide acetate a sulfa drug?
Mafenide is a drug applied to the skin that belongs to a class of drugs known as sulfa antibiotics.
Is sulfa and sulfadiazine the same?
Sulfadiazine, a sulfa drug, eliminates bacteria that cause infections, especially urinary tract infections.
How do you remove silver sulfadiazine cream?
Apply a thin layer (about 1/16 inch) of silver sulfadiazine to the affected areas. Keep the affected areas covered with the medicine at all times. If this medicine is rubbed off the affected areas by moving around or if it is washed off during bathing, showering, or the use of a whirlpool bath, reapply the medicine.