What is Secura Dimethicone Protectant?
Temporarily protecting and relieving minor skin irritations (eg, diaper rash). It also helps to seal out wetness. It may also be used for other conditions as determined by the patient's doctor.
This product is a skin protectant. It works by relieving skin irritation and reducing redness.
Secura Dimethicone Protectant indications
Secura Dimethicone Protectant is indicated for management and relief of irritation experienced with various types of dermatoses, including atopic dermatitis and allergic contact dermatitis.
How should I use Secura Dimethicone Protectant?
Use Secura Dimethicone Protectant cream as directed by your doctor. Check the label on the medicine for exact dosing instructions.
- Secura Dimethicone Protectant cream is for external use only. Do not get Secura Dimethicone Protectant cream in your eyes, nose, or mouth. If you get Secura Dimethicone Protectant cream in your eyes, rinse immediately with cool tap water.
- Wash your hands before and after using Secura Dimethicone Protectant cream unless your hands are a part of the treated area.
- Wash and completely dry the affected area. Apply only enough of Secura Dimethicone Protectant cream to completely cover the affected area and gently rub in until it is evenly distributed.
- Do not wrap or bandage the treated area unless directed to do so by your doctor.
- If you miss using Secura Dimethicone Protectant cream for 1 or more days, there is no cause for concern. If your doctor recommended that you use it, try to remember every day.
Ask your health care provider any questions you may have about how to use Secura Dimethicone Protectant cream.
Uses of Secura Dimethicone Protectant in details
Secura Dimethicone Protectant or dimeticone is used to treat dry, itchy skin or minor skin irritations, to relieve stomach pain, bloating and indigestion, hiccups, and infection of the scalp hair by the head louse.
Secura Dimethicone Protectant dosage
Directions For Use
Apply to affected area three times a day unless otherwise directed by a prescribing healthcare practitioner. Secura Dimethicone Protectant should be rubbed gently into the skin until it is completely absorbed.
Follow these important directions to ensure proper foaming and maximum delivery of product:
- Shake canister vigorously before each use.
- Turn upside down (nozzle down) to dispense.
- Depress ridged portion of dispenser, as illustrated at right.
How supplied
Secura Dimethicone Protectant is supplied in a 200 gram aerosolized canister bearing the NDC Number 23710-000-02, a 70 gram aerosolized canister bearing the NDC Number 23710-000-70, and a 10 gram aerosolized canister bearing the NDC Number 23710-000-01.
Store at controlled room temperature 15° to 25°C (59° to 77°F).
Contains flammable materials. Contents under pressure. Do not puncture and/or incinerate the containers. Do not expose to temperatures over 120°F (48°C) even when empty
Manufactured for : Quinnova Pharmaceuticals LLC., Jamison, PA 18929 (877) 660-6263. Revised: Jan 2013
Secura Dimethicone Protectant interactions
There are no known significant interactions.
Secura Dimethicone Protectant side effects
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What are the possible side effects of Secura Dimethicone Protectant?
Flakes on scalp, Irritation around eyes, Itchy scalp, Rash, Headache, Skin irritation, Shortness of breath, Skin redness, Stomach upset, Hair loss, Diarrhoea
Secura Dimethicone Protectant contraindications
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What is the most important information I should know about Secura Dimethicone Protectant?
Known hypersensitivity to any of the Secura Dimethicone Protectant ingredients.
Active ingredient matches for Secura Dimethicone Protectant:
List of Secura Dimethicone Protectant substitutes (brand and generic names) | Sort by popularity |
| Unit description / dosage (Manufacturer) | Price, USD |
| Secura Two Step Kit | |
| Sensi-Care | |
| Sensi-Care Moisturizing Body | |
| Sensi-Care Perineal / Skin Cleanser | |
| Sentry Dimethicone | |
| Septi-Soft Concentrate | |
| SFC | |
| 200 mg x 6's (Procter & Gamble India Ltd.) | $ 0.65 |
| Sfc 200mg FC-TAB / 6 (Procter & Gamble India Ltd.) | $ 0.65 |
| SFC 200 mg Tablet (Procter & Gamble India Ltd.) | $ 0.11 |
| SFC film-coated tab 200 mg x 6's (Procter & Gamble India Ltd.) | $ 0.65 |
| Sfc 200mg FC-TAB / 6 (Procter & Gamble India Ltd.) | $ 0.65 |
| Sheclin Gold | |
| Sheclin Gold Skin 40 gm Cream (HRD Supra Healthcare) | $ 2.65 |
| Shepards | |
| Silent SF | |
| Silent SF Skin 50 gm Cream (American Remedies Limited.) | $ 0.45 |
| Sili-Met-San Suspension | |
| Suspension; Oral; Dimethicone | |
| Silicone Barrier Cream | |
| Cream; Topical; Dimethicone 20% | |
| Silicone Cream | |
| Cream; Topical; Dimethicone 20% | |
| Silicone Pfizer (Singapore) | |
| Silicone Pfizer 10 % x 50 g x 1's | |
| Skin Care | |
| Tablet; Oral; Berberis Aquifolium 17.5 mg; Burdock 20 mg; Echinacea 14.58 mg; Sarsaparilla 6.25 mg; Stillingia 8.34 mg; Trifolium 41.67 mg; Yellow Dock 14.58 mg (Dossier) | |
| Skin Magic | |
| Skin Repair (Australia) | |
| Soapreme | |
| Soft Sense | |
| Sonafine | |
| Spagesic | |
| Spagesic 15 ml Drop (Stadchem of India) | $ 0.02 |
| Spagesic 325+10+2.5 Tablet (Stadchem of India) | $ 0.01 |
| Spas Bloc | |
| Spas Bloc 30 ml Drop (Infalife (Invision Medi Sciences)) | $ 0.01 |
| Spasdrops | |
| Spasdrops 15 ml Drop (Mercury Laboratories Ltd.) | $ 0.36 |
| Spasin D | |
| Spasin D 500+20+40 Tablet (Panjon Pharma Ltd) | $ 0.01 |
| Special Care | |
| Special Care Moisture Barrier | |
| Spectro Jel Skin Cleanser | |
| Sproam Body Cleanser | |
| St Ives Cucumber, Melon and Vitamin E | |
| St Ives Hydrating Vitamin E | |
| St Ives Restoring | |
| St. Ives | |
| SuperSoft | |
| Surgilube | |
| Sween Cream | |
| Cream; Topical; Barrier Cream (Coloplast) | |
| Sween Prep | |
| Techni-Care | |
See 584 substitutes for Secura Dimethicone Protectant | |
References
- PubChem. "DIMETHICONE". https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sub... (accessed September 17, 2018).
- DrugBank. "Dimethicone - DrugBank". http://www.drugbank.ca/drugs/DB11074 (accessed September 17, 2018).
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