Ointment "Benzyl benzoate" is a homogeneous mass of yellow-white or white color, which has a specific smell. The main active ingredient is benzyl benzoate, hydrinol D, excipients - petrolatum, macrogol cetostearyl ether, propyl paraben, macrogolglycerol hydroxystearate, stearic and citric acid, macrogol 400, methyl paraben, diethanolamine and purified water.
This ointment is available in aluminum tubes of 50 and 90 ml, which are placed in cardboard boxes, instructions for use are attached to each.
Ointment "Benzyl benzoate" is used only as an external agent, after it is applied, the ointment enters the body of ticks or lice and kills them. The specified tool causes the death of adult insects and larvae, but does not affect the eggs. The death of lice occurs in 3-5 hours, and the death of ticks after 10-30 minutes.
Indications for use of this drug are pubic and head lice, as well as scabies.
Benzyl benzoate - instructions for use
If you need to apply this product to an adult, then apply 20% ointment, and for children you need to use 10% ointment.
Before applying the ointment, it is necessary to wash well to remove ticks from the surface of the skin as much as possible, as well as taking a hot shower softens the skin, and the drug penetrates the epidermis better.
For effective treatment of scabies, benzylbenzoate ointment should be applied to the entire surface of the body, excluding only the scalp and face. The duration of such treatment is 4 days.
After the ointment has been applied, it is necessary to use only a clean bed and clothes, so as to prevent re-infection. On the first day, the ointment is applied to the whole body, and during the second and third day it simply remains on the body, and it can not be washed off. On the last day of the course, again thoroughly wash and apply ointment, while again it is necessary to replace linen and bed. Only on the fifth day, the ointment is completely removed from the surface of the skin.
The instructions attached to the drug "Benzyl benzoate" (ointment) indicate that after its use itching can be felt for several days, but this does not mean the ineffectiveness of this drug.
If it is necessary to destroy lice, then the ointment is applied to the surface of the head and hair, after which it is recommended to wrap the head with a towel. Apply this tool once a day, best at night. The head is smeared with ointment in 1 and 3, as well as on day 7, and on day 8 it should be washed well and rinsed with a 3% solution of acetic acid.
If necessary, remove pubic lice with ointment to cover the groin, pubis and inner thigh area, the reception regimen is the same as in the previous case.
After using the drug, benzylbenzoate ointment may cause severe burning sensation at the application site, then the ointment should be washed off and treatment should be stopped. Sometimes allergic reactions can occur if they do not go away on their own, you also need to stop using this drug and look for an alternative to it.
Since the drug practically does not enter the systemic circulation, there are no cases of its overdose with proper use.
Contraindications to the use of this drug are lactation and pregnancy. You can not use it for children under 3 years.
When using this drug, avoid contact with mucous membranes and eyes. Where there is soft skin, you do not need to rub the ointment, it is simply applied.
If there is treatment for one person in the family, then all people who come in contact with him should receive similar treatment. It is also necessary to very carefully process the linen and bed, which came in contact with the affected areas of the skin.
The shelf life of the drug benzyl benzoate ointment is 2 years, after which it is forbidden to use it. The optimum storage temperature is 20-25 ° C.