Daktarin 2%

• Do not use Daktarin If you are allergic to miconazole, any of the other ingredients of this medicine or to other similar antifungal medicines.
• Keep this medicine away from your eyes. If you get any cream in your eyes, rinse with water straight away.
• Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken, or might take any other medicines. This includes medicines that you buy without a prescription or herbal medicines.
• In particular, tell your doctor if you are taking medicines to thin the blood (anticoagulants) such as warfarin. Your doctor may check that the anticoagulant is working properly
• If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before using this medicine.
• This medicine contains 2 mg Benzoic acid per gram of cream, which is equivalent to 60 mg Benzoic acid in a 30 g tube of cream. Benzoic acid may increase jaundice (yellowing of the skin and eyes) in newborn babies (up to 4 weeks old) and may cause local irritation. Butylated hydroxyanisole (E320). This can cause local skin reactions (e.g. contact dermatitis), or irritation to the eyes and mucous membranes.

Always use this medicine exactly as described in the enclosed leaflet or as your doctor or pharmacist prescribed.

• Rub the cream gently into the affected area and surrounding skin with clean fingers
• Do not put Daktarin cream into or near the eyes - it is for use on the skin and nails only
• Do not swallow the cream

For skin infections

• Use the cream twice a day - once in the morning and again at night.
• Keep using the cream for at least 7 days after all signs of infection have gone away, preventing the infection from coming back.

For nail infections

• Use the cream once or twice a day as per your prescription.
• Keep using the cream for 10 days after all signs of infection have gone away, preventing the infection from coming back.

Personal hygiene

• Unless the affected skin is on your hands, wash your hands with soap and water after using the cream, this will stop you from spreading the infection to other parts of your body or to other people.
• Do not allow other people to use your towel.
• Clothing that touches infected skin should be washed and changed often.
• Do not use a double dose of cream to make up for a forgotten dose

The active substance is miconazole nitrate. Each gram (g) of Daktarin cream contains 20 milligrams (mg) of miconazole nitrate (2 % w/w). The other ingredients are water, PEG-6, PEG-32 and glycol stearate, oleoyl macroglycerides, liquid paraffin, benzoic acid (E210) and butylated hydroxyanisole (E320).

Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them. Stop using Daktarin cream and tell your doctor straight away if you notice any of the following side effects.

• Swelling of the face, tongue or throat, difficulty swallowing or difficulty breathing
• Hives (also known as nettle rash or urticaria), severe irritation, reddening or blistering of your skin.
• Burning sensation, itching, redness, or rash on the skin
• Local irritation of the treated area.