Source: Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB) Revision Year: 2016 Publisher: L.C.M. Ltd., Linthwaite Laboratories, Huddersfield, HD7 5QH
To prevent bed sores and for hardening the skin of the feet.
Topical application.
Apply directly to the skin with cotton wool.
The product is suitable for use by adults, children and the elderly. To be used as required.
This product is recommended for external use only and as such overdose is unlikely. Absorption of methyl alcohol through the skin, ingestion or inhalation of the vapour may produce systemic effects. Methyl salicylate may be absorbed through intact skin after excessive topical application.
If taken internally the immediate symptoms will be those of alcohol intoxication followed by characteristic symptoms after a latent period of up to 48 hours (usually 12-18 hours). The symptoms of methanol poisoning include severe abdominal pain, metabolic acidosis with rapid, shallow breathing and visual disturbances which may proceed to irreversible blindness. Other symptoms include headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, weakness, vertigo, ataxia, mild tachycardia, confusion, dizziness, delirium and coma which in severe cases may terminate in death due to respiratory failure or rarely in circulatory collapse.
Recent ingestion should be treated by gastric lavage with sodium bicarbonate solution 2-5%, together with treatment for shock and respiratory failure. Acidosis should be corrected with intravenous sodium bicarbonate or compound sodium lactate. Delirium if it occurs may be treated with diazepam. If significant amounts of methyl alcohol have been ingested, early treatment with an antidote (ethanol or fomepizole) is recommended. In severe cases haemodialysis may be effective. Treatment should not be stopped prematurely since oxidation and excretion of methyl alcohol may continue for several days; patients should, therefore, be closely observed and monitored. Suitable supportive treatment should be carried out as required.
Shelf life: 36 months.
Do not store above 25°C.
Flammable: Keep away from a naked flame.
200ml Amber glass bottle with 28mm tamper evident polypropylene child-resistant cap with Saranex faced EPE liner.
None.
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