FLAMAZINE

Flamazine Information

Silver sulfadiazine is the main active ingredient of Flamazine, one of the most effective sulfa medicines on the market. The intake of this medication is able to neutralize harmful pathogens (especially bacteria and fungus), being widely employed against infectious medical conditions.

Flamazine Indications

The use of Flamazine is commonly prescribed to patients who present fungal or bacterial infections that have infected a skin area which has been previously damaged (burned). This medication can also be employed in the prevention of such medical conditions.

Flamazine Warnings

Individuals who are suffering from any allergic reactions to this medicine’s components or to any of these medicines: Diamox, Daranide, Lasix, Neptazane, water pills, diabetes medication, and so on, should not be allowed to start using Flamazine on a regular basis. In such clinical cases, an adjacent therapy option should be employed.

Studies have shown that the use of sulfa-based clinical remedies during pregnancy increases the baby’s risk of developing severe liver disturbances. It is not known yet whether this medical product (Flamazine) can be safely used by nursing mothers. For further information, contact your personal medical specialist.

Patients who present other clinical illnesses may not be allowed to start using Flamazine. For example, patients with blood disorders, kidney disease, porphyria, liver disorder, and so on, have not responded well to a therapy with this medication. However, if a therapy with this sulfa medicine is required despite all the risks, such patients should be prescribed lower doses of this medication, provided that they remain hospitalized during their therapy.

Flamazine Intake Guidelines

It is important to clean the affected area before applying this clinical remedy. A sterile glove should be employed in the administration of the adequate dose of Flamazine. The affected area should remain covered with this sulfa remedy at all times. One should not discontinue using this product until the affected area is ready for skin grafting or is completely healed. Study the medicine’s label for further directions regarding this subject.

Flamazine Dosage

All individuals should know that the adequate dose of Flamazine will vary from one patient to another. Although the medicine’s label should contain some information regarding this matter, you should ask your PD to prescribe you an appropriate dosing schedule with this sulfa medicine. Adult patients who want to start using Flamazine to treat burn wound infectious conditions should use their doses of this medicine once or twice each day.

Flamazine Overdose

Unfortunately, we cannot provide you with detailed / professional information regarding the common clinical manifestations that may be associated with over-dosage with Flamazine. However, all patients who suspect that they may be suffering from such a clinical condition should immediately seek adequate medical support. In other words, as soon as you realize that you have used / have been using abnormally high doses of this medication, you should alert your PD and your local poison control facility. We recommend you to go to the nearest emergency room in order to be granted the needed symptomatic treatment. The clinical manifestations that may appear due to overdose with Flamazine should be directly linked to the common side effects of this medicine.

Flamazine Missed Dose

If you accidentally skip a prescribed dose of Flamazine, you should ask your personal health care provider for instructions. He or she will know how to adequately repair any harm that may have diminished the effectiveness of your therapy. Although some patients consider that the best way to deal with a missed dose of Flamazine is to intake a double dose of this product, this is not an adequate solution for such a condition; furthermore, double or extra doses of this clinical remedy enhance the patient’s chances of experiencing the unpleasant symptoms of over-dosage with this sulfa medication.

Flamazine Side Effects

As the use of most other clinical remedies, a long-term intake of Flamazine or the improper use of one’s doses of this medical product will enhance his or her chances of developing the unwanted clinical manifestations of this medication. For example, some patients who were following a regular therapy with this drug developed a severe allergic reaction to this drug.

In case the individual starts to develop the severe (dangerous) clinical manifestations of Flamazine, he or she should discontinue using this sulfa medicine and alert their personal medical provider. The adverse manifestations that fit into this category are: cloudy / bloody urine, fever, chills, cough, increased skin sensitivity to sunlight, abnormal weakness, tiredness, easy bruising / bleeding, breath shortness, sore throat, swollen glands, and so on.

A patient with such severe clinical manifestations should be granted immediate symptomatic therapeutic support. Fortunately, such adverse reactions affect only a small number of those who follow an intense therapy with Flamazine. Most individuals are diagnosed with the presence of the more common clinical manifestations of this drug, including: skin rash, skin itching, brownish-gray skin, and so on. For further professional information regarding this matter, contact your PD.

Flamazine Drug Reactions

Although certain combinations that involve the simultaneous intake of one or two medical products may enhance the beneficial results of the patient’s therapy, in some cases, specific drugs should not be combined at all – as the therapy’s effectiveness will be diminished and / or harmful interactions may appear. For example, clinical studies have shown that the intake of Flamazine should not be combined with the adjacent use of other medicines such as: Cimetidine (patients who have used these medicines together developed leucopenia), Santyl, Panafil, Travase, and so on. For a more complete list of the medical products that ought to be avoided during one’s therapy trial with Flamazine, professional assistance should be sought.