Metronidazole Topical (Likmez): Uses, Side Effects and Dosage

Before using metronidazole gel, tell your healthcare provider about all your medical conditions, including if you:

• have tingling or numbness in your hands or feet
• have or have had a blood disorder or disease

• are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if metronidazole gel will harm your unborn baby.

• are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. It is not known if metronidazole gel passes into your breast milk. Do not breastfeed during treatment with metronidazole gel. Talk to your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your baby during treatment with metronidazole gel.

Tell your healthcare provider about all of the medicines you take,including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.

Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of them to show your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine.

How should I use metronidazole gel?

• Use metronidazole gel exactly as your healthcare provider tells you to.
• Cleanse the treated area before applying metronidazole gel.
• Apply and rub in a thin film of metronidazole gel 1 time a day to the affected area(s).
• You can apply cosmetics after applying metronidazole gel.
• Avoid contact of metronidazole gel with your eyes.

What are the possible side effects of metronidazole gel?

Metronidazole gel may cause serious side effects, including:

• Peripheral neuropathy.Tingling, burning, pain or numbness in the hands or feet (peripheral neuropathy) have happened in people treated with metronidazole used on the skin. Tell your healthcare provider if you experience tingling, burning, pain or numbness in your hands or feet during treatment with metronidazole gel.
• Skin reactions,including allergic reactions. Tell your healthcare provider if you develop any skin reactions, including rash, itching, redness, swelling, or blisters during treatment with metronidazole gel.
• Eye irritation.Tearing from eye irritation has happened in people treated with metronidazole used on the skin. Tell your healthcare provider if you experience tearing, redness or discomfort of the eyes during treatment with metronidazole gel.

The most common side effects of metronidazole gel include:

• sore throat and nasal congestion
• upper respiratory tract infections
• headache

• Tell your healthcare provider if you get any side effects during treatment with metronidazole gel.

  These are not all of the possible side effects of metronidazole gel.

  Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

  You may also report side effects to Taro Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. at 1-866-923-4914.

How should I store metronidazole gel?

• Store metronidazole gel at room temperature between 68°F to 77°F (20°C to 25°C).

Keep metronidazole gel and all medicines out of the reach of children.

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   General information about the safe and effective use of metronidazole gel.

   Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a Patient Information leaflet. Do not use metronidazole gel for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give metronidazole gel to other people, even if they have the same symptoms that you have. It may harm them. You can ask your pharmacist or healthcare provider for information about metronidazole gel that is written for health professionals.

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   What are the ingredients in metronidazole gel?

   Active ingredient:metronidazole

   Inactive ingredients:alcohol (9.3% w/w), edetate disodium, hydroxyethylcellulose, polyethylene glycol 400, propylene glycol, sorbic acid, and purified water.

   Mfd. by: Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

   Haifa Bay, Israel 2624761

   Dist. by: Taro Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.

   Hawthorne, NY 10532

   For more information, call 1-866-923-4914

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