CICLOPIROX OLAMINE

Ciclopirox olamine cream, USP, 0.77% is for topical use. Each gram of ciclopirox olamine cream, USP contains 7.70 mg of ciclopirox (as ciclopirox olamine USP) in a water miscible vanishing cream base consisting of benzyl alcohol (1%) as preservative, cetyl alcohol, lactic acid, light mineral oil, myristyl alcohol, octyldodecanol, polysorbate 60, purified water, sorbitan monostearate and stearyl alcohol. Ciclopirox olamine cream, USP contains a synthetic, broad-spectrum, antifungal agent ciclopirox (as ciclopirox olamine USP). The chemical name is 6-cyclohexyl-1-hydroxy-4-methyl-2(1 H )-pyridone, 2 -aminoethanol salt. The CAS Registry Number is 41621-49-2. The chemical structure is: structure

Ciclopirox olamine cream is indicated for the topical treatment of the following dermal infections: tinea pedis, tinea cruris, and tinea corporis due to Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Epidermophyton floccosum , and Microsporum canis ; candidiasis (moniliasis) due to Candida albicans ; and tinea (pityriasis) versicolor due to Malassezia furfur.

Gently massage ciclopirox olamine cream into the affected and surrounding skin areas twice daily, in the morning and evening. Clinical improvement with relief of pruritus and other symptoms usually occurs within the first week of treatment. If a patient shows no clinical improvement after four weeks of treatment with ciclopirox olamine cream, the diagnosis should be redetermined. Patients with tinea versicolor usually exhibit clinical and mycological clearing after two weeks of treatment.

Ciclopirox olamine cream is contraindicated in individuals who have shown hypersensitivity to any of its components.

In all controlled clinical studies with 514 patients using ciclopirox olamine cream and in 296 patients using the vehicle cream, the incidence of adverse reactions was low. This included pruritus at the site of application in one patient and worsening of the clinical signs and symptoms in another patient using ciclopirox olamine cream and burning in one patient and worsening of the clinical signs and symptoms in another patient using the vehicle cream.

Store at 20°C to 25°C (68°F to 77°F) [see USP Controlled Room Temperature].