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PRESUN® SUNBLOCK 28 Westwood-Squibb Titanium Dioxide Sunscreen Indications And Clinical Uses: A waterproof, titanium dioxide sunscreen which physically blocks UVA and UVB rays and does not contain PABA or other chemical-sensitizing sunscreens. This broad spectrum, fragrance-free product is ideally suited for sensitive skin. This product is appropriate for daily sunscreen use for the whole family. Precautions: For external use only. If irritation or rash develops, discontinue use. Use on children…

POLYSPORIN® Preparations Warner-Lambert Consumer Healthcare Polymyxin B Sulfate – Gramicidin or Bacitracin Antibiotic Indications And Clinical Uses: Cream: Infection in dermatologic disorders particularly where the lesions are moist or weeping. Prophylactically, against bacterial contamination in burns, skin grafts, incisions and other clean lesions. For abrasions, minor cuts and wounds, the cream may prevent infection and permit normal healing. Eye/Ear Drops: For external infections of the eye and ear when due…

POLYSPORIN® ANTIBIOTIC BURN CREAM Warner-Lambert Consumer Healthcare Polymyxin B Sulfate – Gramicidin – Lidocaine HCl Antibiotic – Anesthetic – Antipruritic Indications And Clinical Uses: For treatment and prevention of infection of minor burns and scalds and relief of skin pain. Contra-Indications: Hypersensitivity to any of the components. Precautions: As with other antibiotic preparations, prolonged use may result in overgrowth of nonsusceptible organisms. Appropriate measures should be taken if this occurs….

POLYTRIM™ Allergan Trimethoprim Sulfate – Polymyxin B Sulfate Antibacterial Agent Action And Clinical Pharmacology: When used topically, trimethoprim and polymyxin B are rarely sensitizing and absorption through intact skin and mucous membrane is insignificant. Blood samples were obtained from 11 human volunteers at 20 minutes, 1 hour and 3 hours following instillation of 2 drops of a solution containing 1 mg trimethoprim and 10 000 units of polymyxin B/mL. On…

POLLINEX®-R Bencard Modified Ragweed Tyrosine Adsorbate Vaccine Action And Clinical Pharmacology: Pollinex-R is an aqueous extract of short ragweed pollen (Ambrosia elatior) chemically modified with gluteraldehyde adsorbed onto tyrosine and then suspended in saline. The exact mode of therapeutic action of Pollinex-R, as with other allergy vaccines, is unknown. It has been proposed the elevation of IgG blocking antibodies may interfere with the immediate hypersensitivity reaction of patients exposed to…

PNEUMOVAX® 23 MSD Pneumococcal Vaccine, Polyvalent Pneumococcal Infection Immunization Action And Clinical Pharmacology: Pneumococcal infection is a leading cause of death throughout the world and a major cause of pneumonia, meningitis and otitis media. The emergence of strains of pneumococci with increased resistance to one or more of the common antibiotics and recent isolations of pneumococci with multiple antibiotic resistance emphasize the importance of vaccine prophylaxis against pneumococcal disease. Based…

POLARAMINE® Schering Dexchlorpheniramine Maleate Antihistamine Indications And Clinical Uses: For symptomatic relief of allergic conditions such as hay fever, urticaria, angioedema, vasomotor rhinitis, allergic eczema, contact dermatitis, pruritus ani and vulvae, and pruritus of nonspecific origin, as well as in certain cases of migraine headache. Precautions: Occupational Hazards: Patients should be cautioned not to operate vehicles or hazardous machinery until their response to the drug has been determined. Since the…

PLAVIX™ Sanofi/Bristol-Myers Squibb Clopidogrel Bisulfate Platelet Aggregation Inhibitor Action And Clinical Pharmacology: Mechanism of Action: The role of platelets in the pathophysiology of atherosclerotic disease and thrombotic events has been established. Long-term prophylactic use of antiplatelet drugs has shown consistent benefit in the prevention of ischemic stroke, myocardial infarction and vascular death in patients at increased risk of such outcomes, including those with established atherosclerosis or a history of atherothrombosis….

PLAQUENIL® Sanofi Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate Anti-inflammatory – Antimalarial Action And Clinical Pharmacology: Hydroxychloroquine has been beneficial for a high percentage of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and lupus erythematosus, especially chronic discoid lupus. The exact mode of action in controlling these diseases is unknown. The action of this compound against malarial parasites is similar to that of chloroquine phosphate. Indications And Clinical Uses: For the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, and discoid and…

pHisoHex® Sanofi Hexachlorophene Antibacterial – Skin Cleanser Description: pHisoHex is an antibacterial sudsing emulsion. It contains entsufon (sodium octylphenoxyethoxyethyl ether sulfonate), lanolin cholesterols, petrolatum and 3% hexachlorophene on a total weight basis. It is a colloidal dispersion of the active ingredients in a stable emulsion. Entsufon is a synthetic detergent which is effective in many kinds of water – hard or soft, cold or hot – and under acid as…