Brand Name:Eryacne Gel (Erythromycin) 4%
Generic Name:Erythromycin
Eryacne (Erythromycin) is indicated for the treatment of mild to moderate acne vulgaris.
Brand Name:Eryacne Gel (Erythromycin) 4%
Generic Name:Erythromycin
Synonyms:Other Brand Names of Erytromycin
Akne-Mycin, A/T/S, Emgel, Erycette, EryDerm, Erygel, Erymax, Ery-Sol, Erythra-Derm, ETS, Staticin, Theramycin Z, T-Stat, Sans-Acne, Staticin.
Indications:
Eryacne (Erythromycin) is indicated for the treatment of mild to moderate acne vulgaris.
Dosage and Administration of Erythromycin:
* Before applying Eryacne (Erythromycin), thoroughly wash the affected area with warm water and soap, rinse well, and pat dry.
* After washing or shaving, it is best to wait 30 minutes before applying the pledget (swab), topical gel, or
topical liquid form.
* The alcohol in them may irritate freshly washed or shaved skin.
* Eryacne (Erythromycin) will not cure your acne.
* However, to help keep your acne under control, keep using Eryacne (Erythromycin) for the full time of treatment, even if your symptoms begin to clear up after a few days.
* You may have to continue using Eryacne (Erythromycin) every day for months or even longer in some cases.
If you stop using Eryacne (Erythromycin) too soon, your symptoms may return.
As a rule, an 8 week treatment period will be necessary, but in instances of recurrence, the period of treatment may be prolonged further. It is important that you do not miss any doses.
* The dose of topical erythromycin will be different for different patients.
* Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the label.
* The following information includes only the average doses of topical erythromycin.
* If your dose is different, do not change it unless your doctor tells you to do so.
Precautions when taking Erythromycin:
* In deciding to use Eryacne (Erythromycin), the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do.
* This is a decision you and your doctor will make.
* For topical erythromycin, the following should be considered:
Allergies: Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this or any of the other erythromycins.
Also tell your health care professional if you are allergic to any other substances, such as preservatives or dyes.
Pregnancy: Topical erythromycin has not been studied in pregnant women. However, this medication has not been shown to cause birth defects or other problems in animal studies.
Breast-feeding: It is not known whether topical erythromycin passes into the breast milk.
Erythromycin, given by mouth or by injection, does pass into the breast milk.
However, erythromycin topical preparations have not been reported to cause problems in nursing babies.
Children: Erythromycin topical solution has been tested in children 12 years of age and older and,
in effective doses, has not been shown to cause different side effects or problems than it does in adults.
Older adults: Many medicines have not been studied specifically in older people.
Therefore, it may not be known whether they work exactly the same way they do in younger adults.
Although there is no specific information comparing use of topical erythromycin in the elderly with use in other age groups, this medicine is not expected to cause different side effects or problems in older people than it does in younger adults.
Other medicines: Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different
medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur.
In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary.
Tell your health care professional if you are using any other topical prescription or
nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) medicine that is to be applied to the same area of the skin.
Side Effects of Erythromycin:
Adverse effect reported with erythromycin therapy, such as Eryacne gel,
include dryness, tenderness, pruritus, desquamation, erythema, oiliness and burning sensation.
Irritation of the eye has also been reported.
The skin irritation reported has ranged from mild to severe.
A case of generalised urticaria reaction, possibly related to the drug, which required the use of systemic steroids
has been reported.
