kaolin heavy + zinc oxide: prescribing and clinical use
Focused clinical detail for use alongside current product information, local policy and patient-specific assessment.
kaolin heavy + zinc oxide: clinical details
Prescribing considerations
- Confirm the intended role is soothing and skin protection rather than treatment of an undiagnosed infection or inflammatory disorder.
- Check the complete excipient allergy history, especially peanut, soya and wool alcohol sensitivity.
- Licensed for adults, children and older people.
Contraindications and cautions
- Hypersensitivity to refined arachis oil, wool alcohols or another ingredient.
- Known peanut allergy; people with soya allergy should also avoid the product.
Monitoring
- No routine clinical or laboratory monitoring is specified.
- Review persistent, recurrent, severe or worsening symptoms and consider contact allergy or an alternative diagnosis.
Clinical pharmacology
A locally acting dermatological preparation. Zinc oxide has mild astringent and antiseptic properties. Product-specific pharmacokinetic information is unavailable.
Formulation and product differences
- Described pharmaceutically as an ointment but presented as an off-white cream.
- Excipients include refined arachis oil, beeswax, liquid and hard paraffins, wool alcohols and soft paraffin.
- Store below 25°C.
kaolin heavy + zinc oxide interactions
No interactions with other medicines are known for the selected product.
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