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Silver Sulfadiazine
Overview
What is Silver Sulfadiazene?
Silver Sulfadiazine Cream is a topical antibacterial preparation which has its active antimicrobial ingredient silver sulfadiazine. The active moiety is contained within an opaque, white, water miscible cream base.
Each 1000 grams of Silver Sulfadiazine Cream contains 10 grams of silver sulfadiazine.
cetyl alcohol, isopropyl myristate, polyoxyl 40 stearate, propylene glycol, purified water, stearyl alcohol, sodium hydroxide, sorbitan monooleate, white petrolatum; with 0.3% methyl paraben, as a preservative.
Silver sulfadiazine has an emprical formula of CHAgNOS, molecular weight of 357.14 and structural formula as shown:
What does Silver Sulfadiazene look like?
What are the available doses of Silver Sulfadiazene?
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What should I talk to my health care provider before I take Silver Sulfadiazene?
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How should I use Silver Sulfadiazene?
Silver Sulfadiazine Cream is a topical antimicrobial drug indicated as
an adjunct for the prevention and treatment of wound sepsis in patients with
second and third degree burns.
FOR TOPICAL USE ONLY - NOT FOR OPHTHALMIC USE:
Reapply immediately after hydrotherapy.
Treatment with Silver Sulfadiazine Cream should be continued until satisfactory healing has occurred or until the burn site is ready for grafting. The drug should not be withdrawn from the therapeutic regimen while there remains the possibility of infection except if a significant adverse reaction occurs.
What interacts with Silver Sulfadiazene?
Silver Sulfadiazine Cream is contraindicated in patients who are hypersensitive to silver sulfadiazine or any of the other ingredients in the preparation.
Because sulfonamide therapy is known to increase the possibility of kernicterus, Silver Sulfadiazine Cream should not be used on pregnant women approaching or at term, on premature infants, or on newborn infants during the first 2 months of life.
What are the warnings of Silver Sulfadiazene?
There is a potential cross sensitivity between silver sulfadiazine and other sulfonamides. If allergic reactions attributable to treatment with silver sulfadiazine occur, continuation of therapy must be weighed against the potential hazards of the particular allergic reaction.
Fungal proliferation in and below the eschar may occur. However, the incidence of clinically reported fungal superinfection is low.
The use of Silver Sulfadiazine Cream in some cases of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient individuals may be hazardous, as hemolysis may occur.
What are the precautions of Silver Sulfadiazene?
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What are the side effects of Silver Sulfadiazene?
Several cases of transient leucopenia have been reported in patients receiving silver sulfadiazine therapy. Leucopenia associated with silver sulfadiazine administration is primarily characterized by decreased neutrophil count. Maximal white blood cell depression occurs within two to four days of initiation of therapy. Rebound to normal leukocyte levels follows onset within two to three days. Recovery is not influenced by continuation of silver sulfadiazine therapy. The incidence of leucopenia in various reports averages about 20%. A higher incidence has been seen in patients treated concurrently with cimetidine.
Other infrequently occurring events include skin necrosis, erythema multiforme, skin discoloration, burning sensation, rashes, and interstitial nephritis. Reduction in bacterial growth after application of topical antibacterial agents has been reported to permit spontaneous healing of deep partial-thickness burns by preventing conversion of the partial thickness to full thickness by sepsis. However, reduction in bacterial colonization has caused delayed separation, in some cases necessitating escharotomy in order to prevent contracture.
Absorption of silver sulfadiazine varies depending upon the percent of body surface area and the extent of the tissue damage. Although few have been reported, it is possible that any adverse reaction associated with sulfonamides may occur. Some of the reactions which have been associated with sulfonamides are as follows: blood dyscrasias, including agranulocytosis, aplastic anemia, thrombocytopenia, leucopenia, hemolytic anemia; dermatologic and allergic reactions, Stevens-Johnson syndrome and exfoliative dermatitis; gastrointestinal reactions; hepatitis and hepatocellular necrosis; CNS reactions; and toxic nephrosis.
What should I look out for while using Silver Sulfadiazene?
Silver Sulfadiazine Cream is contraindicated in patients who are
hypersensitive to silver sulfadiazine or any of the other ingredients in the
preparation.
Because sulfonamide therapy is known to increase the possibility of
kernicterus, Silver Sulfadiazine Cream should not be used on pregnant women
approaching or at term, on premature infants, or on newborn infants during the
first 2 months of life.
There is a potential cross sensitivity between silver sulfadiazine and other sulfonamides. If allergic reactions attributable to treatment with silver sulfadiazine occur, continuation of therapy must be weighed against the potential hazards of the particular allergic reaction.
Fungal proliferation in and below the eschar may occur. However, the incidence of clinically reported fungal superinfection is low.
The use of Silver Sulfadiazine Cream in some cases of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient individuals may be hazardous, as hemolysis may occur.
What might happen if I take too much Silver Sulfadiazene?
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How should I store and handle Silver Sulfadiazene?
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