Polyfax Skin Ointment 20g

Description

Polyfax Skin Ointment 20g

Polyfax Skin Ointment 20g  is a skin ointment, which contains the active ingredients polymyxin B sulphate and bacitracin zinc. Polymyxin B sulphate and bacitracin zinc are antibacterials.

Bacitracin/polymyxin B (trade name Polysporin among others) is a topical antibiotic cream or ointment. The active ingredients are polymyxin B, bacitracin and occasionally Garamycin or gramicidin. Though Polysporin is marketed in the United States, it holds a much smaller market share than in Canada and acts as a substitute to J&J’s Neosporin for those allergic to the antibiotic neomycin; although an allergy to Bacitracin/Polymyxin B has also been reported. There is also an ophthalmological ointment, and eye and ear drops.

Polyfax Ointment is a skin ointment, which contains the active ingredients polymyxin B
sulphate and bacitracin zinc. Polymyxin B sulphate and bacitracin zinc are antibacterials.

Uses Of Polyfax Skin Ointment 20g

Polyfax Ointment is mainly used to treat skin infections to help prevent infection of the skin following:

• Minor burns
• A skin graft being taken
• Surgery
• Accidental cuts, scratches or scrapes.

Polyfax Ointment is used for the treatment of:

• Infected accidental wounds
• Infected burns
• Infected skin grafts
• Infected ulcers (on the skin)
• Infected surgical cut.

It is also used to treat infected skin caused by skin diseases such as:

• Impetigo (itchy skin blisters)
• Bacterial otitis external (infection of the outer ear)
• Ecthyma (a bacterial infection that affects the deep layers of the skin)
• Folliculitis (infection of the hair roots)
• Paronychia (infection of the nail bed)
• Eczema (skin condition with itching, redness and a burning feeling)
• Scabies (infestation of the skin caused by a mite).