LOCERYL (AMOROLFINE)

Loceryl Information

Loceryl is a popular medicine that is also generically called under the name of Amorlofine. This medicine is known to belong to a wide class of medicines that are called anti-fungal medicines. This drug’s main active ingredient is amorolfine. A treatment with this drug is meant to effectively kill various types of fungi that are known to regularly cause unwanted nail infections.

Loceryl Indications

This medicine (Loceryl) is mainly prescribed in the treatment of various types of infections (especially nail infections) that are regularly caused by various types of fungi. However, this medicine might also be prescribed to serve some other purposes that have not been listed here.

Loceryl Warnings

You ought to avoid taking Loceryl (Amorolfine) if you are suffering from a known allergic reaction to this medicine or to any of its main ingredients. Before you start taking this drug, you should alert your personal physician if you have allergic reactions to foods, dyes, preservatives or any other type of substances (this includes other drugs).

It has not been clearly determined whether a treatment with Loceryl during pregnancy could have harmful effects on a growing infant or not. If you are pregnant or if it is possible for you to become pregnant any time soon, you should ask your personal physician if you may start taking Loceryl.

It has not been clearly determined whether a treatment with Loceryl could have harmful effects on a nursing infant. If you are breastfeeding an infant, you should ask your personal healthcare provider if you may start taking this drug (if it is safe for the nursing child).Consult with a pediatrician before you start giving this medicine to a child. If you accidentally swallow Loceryl, you must alert your Poison Information center as soon as possible. This medicine should not be applied on healthy skin areas.

Loceryl Intake Guidelines

Ask your doctor how and when you should use Loceryl in order to get the most beneficial effects from your treatment with it. You should not disobey any of the advices that your doctor has given you. If you do not understand any of them, you should ask a pharmacist, a doctor or a nurse. You should also consult the drug’s label for further instructions or information. This medicine has been designed only for external use. Do not swallow this medicine. Before you use Loceryl, you must make sure that you have all the needed materials. Before you apply this medicine you should carefully file the infected nail. You must now clean the infected nail surface with a cleaning pad. After this, you should plunge the spatula’s tip on the neck of the medicine bottle. You must make sure that you have applied this medicine on the entire infected nail area (with the help of the spatula). After you have used this medicine you must tightly close the drug’s bottle. Clean all the objects (materials) that you have used.

Loceryl Dosage

You should ask your doctor to calculate the dose of Loceryl that suits you best (the one that works best for your medical condition). The correct dose of this medicine is known to vary from one patient to another, because it depends on a number of factors such as age, body weight, severity of the condition, sex, etc. You must not make any adjustments to the dose that you have been prescribed by your physician without his or her consent.

The average dosage schedule of Loceryl usually consists of one or two weekly applications of this medicine. You must not stop using this medicine without first consulting it with your personal physician, even if you start to feel better (your symptoms can disappear even if the infection has not completely healed). In some cases a treatment with this drug can last to up to several months.

Loceryl Overdose

If you suspect that you could be suffering from an overdose with Loceryl, you are probably in need of medical attention as soon as possible. Contact your local poison control center at once and alert your personal physician as soon as you can. The average overdose symptoms of this medicine are not clearly known.

Loceryl Missed Dose

In order to get the most benefits from your treatment with Loceryl, you should use it on a regular basis. If you happen to miss one of your prescribed doses by more than a couple of hours, you should contact your personal doctor and ask him for further instructions. Do not double dose without your personal physician’s approval.

Loceryl Side Effects

A prolonged treatment with this medicine could trigger some unpleasant side effects such as burning feeling, redness or itching of the skin in the area that surrounds the infected nail that is now being treated with Loceryl. If you find yourself experiencing any of the side effects that have been listed here, you should alert your personal physician as soon as possible.

Some other side effects that have not been listed here could also occur during a treatment with Loceryl. If you experience anything unusual or bothersome, you should alert your personal physician as soon as possible.