How to apply benzyl benzoate ointment

Ointment "Benzyl benzoate" is aa homogeneous mass of yellow-white or white, which has a specific odor. The main active ingredient is benzyl benzoate, hydrinol D, auxiliary vaseline, macrogol cetostearyl ether, propylparaben, macrogolglycerol hydroxystearate, stearic and citric acid, macrogol 400, methylparaben, diethanolamine and purified water.

This ointment is available in aluminum tubes of 50 and 90 ml, which are placed in cardboard boxes, each is accompanied by an instruction for use.

Ointment "Benzyl benzoate" is used only inAs an external agent, after it is applied, the ointment enters the body of mites or lice and kills them. This agent causes the death of adult insects and larvae, but does not affect the eggs in any way. The death of lice occurs 3-5 hours later, and the mites die in 10-30 minutes.

Indications for use of this drug are pubic and head pediculosis, as well as scabies.

Benzyl benzoate - instructions for use

If you need to apply this tool to an adult, then apply a 20% ointment, and for children you need to use 10% ointment.

Before applying the ointment, it is necessary to wash well to remove the mites from the skin surface as much as possible, and also taking a hot shower softens the skin, and the drug penetrates the epidermis better.

For effective treatment of scabies, ointment "Benzyl benzoate" should be applied to the entire surface of the body, excluding only the scalp and face. The duration of such treatment is 4 days.

After the ointment has been applied, it is necessaryUse only clean bed and clothes to prevent re-infection. On the first day, the ointment is applied to the entire body, and during the second and third days it simply remains on the body, and it can not be washed off. On the last day of the course again thoroughly wash and apply ointment, while again you need to replace the linen and the bed. Only on the fifth day the ointment is completely removed from the surface of the skin.

The manual attached to the preparation "Benzyl benzoate" (ointment) indicates that after its use, itching may be felt for several days, but this does not at all indicate the ineffectiveness of this drug.

If it is necessary to destroy lice, then ointmentapplied to the surface of the head and hair, after which it is recommended to wrap your head with a towel. Apply this tool once a day, preferably at night. The head is smeared with ointment in 1 and 3, and also on the 7th day, and on the 8th day it should be washed well and rinsed with a 3% solution of acetic acid.

If necessary, remove pubic lice with ointment cover the groin, pubic area and inner thighs, the reception mode is the same as in the previous case.

After applying the product, the ointment "Benzyl benzoate"there can be a burning sensation in the places of application, then the ointment should be washed off and discontinued treatment. Sometimes there may be allergic reactions, if they do not go on their own, also stop using this tool and look for an alternative.

Since the drug practically does not enter the systemic circulation, cases of its overdose, when properly applied, are not recorded.

Contraindications to the use of this drug are lactation and pregnancy. You can not use it for children under 3 years.

When using this drug, one should avoid it on contact with mucous membranes and eyes. Where the tender skin, rub the ointment is not necessary, it is simply applied.

If one person is treated in a family,then all people who contact him should go through a similar treatment. Also it is necessary to very carefully process the linen and the bed, which are in contact with the affected areas of the skin.

Shelf life of the drug ointment "Benzyl benzoate" is 2 years, after which it is prohibited to use. The optimum temperature for storage is 20-25 ° C.