Source: Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB) Revision Year: 2014 Publisher: Thornton & Ross Ltd., Linthwaite Laboratories, Huddersfield, HD7 5QH
Contra-indicated in patients with known hypersensitivity to cetrimide.
Prolonged and repeated applications of cetrimide to the skin may lead to hypersensitivity. Avoid contact with eyes. For external use only; not for use in body cavities.
Antiseptic First Aid Cream contains the excipients cetostearyl alcohol which may cause local skin reactions (e.g. contact dermatitis) and chlorocresol which may cause allergic reactions.
Labels to state: FOR EXTERNAL USE ONLY.
Keep out of the reach and sight of children.
None known.
No information is available on the safety or use of the product in the above conditions.
None known.
Skin irritation and occasionally sensitisation.
Reporting suspected adverse reactions after authorisation of the medicinal product is important. It allows continued monitoring of the benefit/risk balance of the medicinal product. Healthcare professionals are asked to report any suspected adverse reactions via the Yellow Card Scheme at: www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard.
Cetrimide is incompatible with soaps and other anionic surfactants, Bentonite, Iodine, Phenylmercuric Nitrate and Alkali Hydroxides.
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