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Sulfamylon Top Uses and How to Use


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Generic Name: MAFENIDE ACETATE CREAM - TOPICAL
Pronounced: (MAF-en-ide AS-e-tate)

Sulfamylon Top Uses

This medication is used alone or with other medications to help prevent and treat wound infections in patients with severe burns. Mafenide is a drug applied to the skin that belongs to a class of drugs known as sulfa antibiotics. It works by killing bacteria that may infect an open wound. Killing bacteria helps to promote wound healing and to decrease the risk of the bacteria spreading to surrounding skin or to the blood, thereby helping to prevent a serious blood infection (sepsis).

How To Use Sulfamylon Top

Follow all instructions for proper preparation and use of this drug. Consult your pharmacist.

Wash hands before and after using this medication. Use with wound dressings on the skin only. Soak the dressing completely with this medication. Keep the dressing wet by applying this medication every 6 to 8 hours or as directed by your doctor.

Length of treatment is based on your medical condition and response to treatment.

Use this medication regularly in order to get the most benefit from it. To help you remember, use it at the same times each day.

Tell your doctor if your condition persists or worsens or if you notice increasing redness/tenderness of the skin around the wound.



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