Psoriasis, dermatitis are quite unpleasant phenomena. When you get a rash, you want to get rid of it as soon as possible.
Most likely, many who are familiar with the drug Flucinar, who have at least once encountered the problem of skin rashes of various origins.
The drug represents a therapeutic group of glucocorticosteroids for external use. The drug is used to treat inflammation of the skin of a non-infectious etiology.
Structure
Flucinar is produced in two forms - ointment and gel. Both species have a fairly viscous mass and a white shade. The main microelements are fluocinolone acetonide, its concentration in one gram of ointment or gel is 0.25 milligrams. The structure of the ointment also includes additional components:
- White petroleum jelly.
- Tribasic carboxylic acid.
- Dihydric alcohol.
- lanolin.
The gel contains the following substances as auxiliary trace elements:
- Disodium salt of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid.
- Propylene glycol.
- Derivatives of acrylic acid.
- Lemon acid.
- Ethanol.
- Triethanolamine.
- Propyl ester of para-hydroxybenzoic acid.
- Methylhydroxyparabenzoate.
According to the instructions for use with Flucinar, the ointment is dispensed from drugstores in a tube of fifteen grams.
Pharmacological properties
Fluocinolone acetonide acts on the immune system. The active component reduces the spread of neutrophils to the source of the inflammatory process, affects a number of strains, inhibiting their activity, thereby reducing the content of biologically active inflammation compounds. In addition, this compound stabilizes the mast cell membrane, thereby significantly lowering the release of histamine, which is responsible for allergies.
Fluocinolone acetonide is considered a derivative of the hormones glucocorticosteroids. Due to such positive effects, it has anti-inflammatory, antipruritic and anti-allergic effects. In activity, the drug is forty times superior to prednisone.
Indications
The use of ointment or gel "Flucinar" must be taken for the treatment of non-infectious inflammatory and allergic pathological processes of the skin, for example:
- Neurodermatitis (a skin disease of a neurogenic type, which occurs with remission and exacerbations).
- Eczema (non-infectious inflammation of the skin, which is characterized by rashes, itching).
- Psoriasis (non-infectious disease that affects mainly the skin).
- Seborrheic dermatitis (inflammation that affects the areas of the scalp and trunk, on which the sebaceous glands are located).
The drug is also used with insufficient pharmacological effectiveness of other drugs of the therapeutic group glucocorticosteroids.
Contraindications
The main prohibitions on the use of Flucinar ointment or gel are malignant neoplasms in the skin, bacterial, fungal, viral diseases, acne, as well as individual intolerance to any of the substances of this medicine. Before taking medication, you need to make sure that there are no medical prohibitions on the use.
How to use the drug?
According to the instructions for use with Flucinar, the gel or ointment is intended for external use. The drug is applied to the affected skin once or twice a day. The maximum daily content of the drug should not be more than two grams.
In severe psoriasis, after applying the ointment, a gauze dressing is allowed. For the treatment of the skin of the face, it is preferable to apply a gel, the duration of therapy in this case can not exceed fourteen days. For children over two years of age, the medicine is used with extreme caution, once a day, on small areas of the skin surface. The duration of treatment in most situations is determined by the doctor individually depending on the nature of the pathology, as well as its etiology.
Side effects
Against the background of application of the gel or ointment "Flucinar", negative pathological reactions on the skin may develop, which include:
- Atrophy of the skin (damage to the skin, which is characterized by a decrease in its volume, as well as qualitative changes in its tissue).
- Lupus-like syndrome (autoimmune diseases caused by drugs).
- Violation of skin repair processes with a delay in wound healing.
- Striae (a skin defect in the form of linear stripes localized in places of the greatest stretch of the skin).
- Steroid purpura (a pathological condition, the leading manifestation of which are subcutaneous hemorrhages of various sizes and shapes).
- Papular rash (dermatitis, occurring in a chronic form).
- Hirsutism (excessive growth of terminal hair in women by the male type).
If negative symptoms occur after starting therapy with Flucinar gel or ointment, stop treatment and consult a doctor.
special instructions
Before using the drug, it is important to thoroughly familiarize yourself with the instructions for use of "Flucinar" and pay attention to several points, which include the following:
- You can not use the drug on large areas of the skin and for a long time as a preventive measure for the development of complications or other negative reactions.
- The occurrence of a pronounced rash after applying the ointment to the skin is considered the basis for the abolition of therapy.
- When severe dryness appears on the surface of the skin after applying the medication, salicylic ointment is additionally allowed.
- Do not use "Flucinar" for a woman during an "interesting situation", since the absorption of an active trace element into the general bloodstream is not ruled out.
- The drug is combined with antifungal drugs.
- During treatment of lichen planus, the disease may worsen.
- Flucinar does not directly affect the functional activity of the nervous system.
In drugstores, ointment and gel are dispensed without a doctor's prescription. If you have questions, you can consult a doctor.
Overdose
There is no evidence regarding poisoning by "Flucinar" today (according to the instructions for use). So you should not be afraid of an overdose.
"Flucinar": ointment analogues
The following preparations are considered similar in composition and therapeutic actions:
- Sinaflan.
- Flucort.
- "Synoderm".
- Ezacinon.
- Sinalar.
Storage conditions
The medicine "Flucinar" must be kept in a dark and dry place at a temperature of no higher than twenty-five degrees. The average price of a medicine varies depending on the dosage form:
- Ointment - from 200 to 3260 rubles.
- Gel - from 240 to 280 rubles.
Shelf life for the gel is thirty-six months, for ointment - five years (according to the instructions for use).
Flucinar: ointment reviews
The responses about the drug are mediocre, although at the early stage of therapy, many people are very pleased with the results. But it is frustrating that gradually the effect of the drug weakens, and after some time it becomes generally invisible. Therefore, in order to avoid dependence, therapy with "Flucinar" must be replaced with another medication.
The drug has a selective effect in the patient’s body and cannot act as an independent treatment agent, since its effectiveness is not enough to eliminate the characteristic symptoms of diseases.
In the article we examined the description of the ointment "Flucinar", instructions for use and analogues of the drug. We hope that the information received will be very useful.