Dry skin

Active Ingredient: Glycerol

Indication for Glycerol

Population group: only children (1 year - 12 years old)

For the symptomatic relief of dry skin conditions.

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:

7.5-20 ml in 3-4 divided doses daily

Route of admnistration

Cutaneous

Defined daily dose

7.5 - 20 mL

Dosage regimen

From 1.875 To 5 mL 4 time(s) per day every day

Detailed description

Children 5 to 12 years: 5ml.

Children 1-5 years: 2.5ml.

The dose should be mixed with a little water and sipped three or four times a day.

Dosage considerations

For external application apply undiluted or mixed with a little water.

Active ingredient

Glycerol

Glycerol has uses as a hyperosmotic, osmotic diuretic, and ophthalmic agent. It may be used as an eye drop in the treatment of glaucoma to reduce intraocular pressure, as a solution or suppository for short-term treatment of constipation, to evacuate the bowel prior to a colonoscopy, and in some ocular surgeries. It may be given intravenously to reduce pressure inside the brain and used externally on the skin as a moisturizer.

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