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SULFACETAMIDE SODIUM (SULFACETAMIDE SODIUM)
- Acne vulgaris
- Bacterial conjunctivitis
- Chlamydial conjunctivitis
- Trachoma
- Sulfacetamide Sodium Eye Ointment
- Sulfacetamide Sodium (acne) Topical Suspension
- Sulfacetamide Sodium (acne) Lotion (suspension)
- Klaron Topical Susp
- Klaron Lotion (suspension)
- By Indication
10 % eye ointment
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac(s) in the affected eye(s) by ophthalmic route every 3-4 hours and at bedtime
(acne) 10 % lotion (suspension)
- Dosage information is not available
(acne) 10 % lotion (suspension)
- Dosage information is not available
10 % lotion (suspension)
- Dosage information is not available
10 % lotion (suspension)
- Dosage information is not available
Acne vulgaris
- Apply to the affected area(s) by topical route 2 times per day
Bacterial conjunctivitis
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the left eye by ophthalmic route 4 times per day and at bedtime for 10 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the right eye by ophthalmic route 4 times per day and at bedtime for 10 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in both eyes by ophthalmic route 4 times per day and at bedtime for 10 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in both eyes by ophthalmic route every 3 hours and at bedtime
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in both eyes by ophthalmic route every 3 hours and at bedtime for 10 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in both eyes by ophthalmic route every 3 hours and at bedtime for 7 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in both eyes by ophthalmic route every 4 hours and at bedtime
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in both eyes by ophthalmic route every 4 hours and at bedtime for 10 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in both eyes by ophthalmic route every 4 hours and at bedtime for 7 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in both eyes by ophthalmic route every 3-4 hours and at bedtime
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in both eyes by ophthalmic route every 3-4 hours and at bedtime for 10 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in both eyes by ophthalmic route every 3-4 hours and at bedtime for 7 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the left eye by ophthalmic route every 3 hours and at bedtime
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the left eye by ophthalmic route every 3 hours and at bedtime for 10 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the left eye by ophthalmic route every 3 hours and at bedtime for 7 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the left eye by ophthalmic route every 4 hours and at bedtime
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the left eye by ophthalmic route every 4 hours and at bedtime for 10 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the left eye by ophthalmic route every 4 hours and at bedtime for 7 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the left eye by ophthalmic route every 3-4 hours and at bedtime
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the left eye by ophthalmic route every 3-4 hours and at bedtime for 10 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the left eye by ophthalmic route every 3-4 hours and at bedtime for 7 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the right eye by ophthalmic route every 3 hours and at bedtime
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the right eye by ophthalmic route every 3 hours and at bedtime for 10 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the right eye by ophthalmic route every 3 hours and at bedtime for 7 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the right eye by ophthalmic route every 4 hours and at bedtime
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the right eye by ophthalmic route every 4 hours and at bedtime for 10 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the right eye by ophthalmic route every 4 hours and at bedtime for 7 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the right eye by ophthalmic route every 3-4 hours and at bedtime
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the right eye by ophthalmic route every 3-4 hours and at bedtime for 10 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the right eye by ophthalmic route every 3-4 hours and at bedtime for 7 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the left eye by ophthalmic route 3 times per day and at bedtime
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the right eye by ophthalmic route 3 times per day and at bedtime
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in both eyes by ophthalmic route 3 times per day and at bedtime
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the left eye by ophthalmic route 4 times per day and at bedtime
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the right eye by ophthalmic route 4 times per day and at bedtime
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in both eyes by ophthalmic route 4 times per day and at bedtime
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the left eye by ophthalmic route 3 times per day and at bedtime for 7 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the right eye by ophthalmic route 3 times per day and at bedtime for 7 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in both eyes by ophthalmic route 3 times per day and at bedtime for 7 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the left eye by ophthalmic route 4 times per day and at bedtime for 7 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the right eye by ophthalmic route 4 times per day and at bedtime for 7 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in both eyes by ophthalmic route 4 times per day and at bedtime for 7 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the left eye by ophthalmic route 3 times per day and at bedtime for 10 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in the right eye by ophthalmic route 3 times per day and at bedtime for 10 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac in both eyes by ophthalmic route 3 times per day and at bedtime for 10 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac(s) in the affected eye(s) by ophthalmic route 3 times per day and at bedtime for10 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac(s) in the affected eye(s) by ophthalmic route 4 times per day and at bedtime for7 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac(s) in the affected eye(s) by ophthalmic route 3 times per day and at bedtime for7 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac(s) in the affected eye(s) by ophthalmic route 4 times per day and at bedtime
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac(s) in the affected eye(s) by ophthalmic route 3 times per day and at bedtime
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac(s) in the affected eye(s) by ophthalmic route every 3 hours and at bedtime
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac(s) in the affected eye(s) by ophthalmic route every 3 hours and at bedtime for 10 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac(s) in the affected eye(s) by ophthalmic route every 3 hours and at bedtime for 7Days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac(s) in the affected eye(s) by ophthalmic route every 4 hours and at bedtime
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac(s) in the affected eye(s) by ophthalmic route every 4 hours and at bedtime for 10 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac(s) in the affected eye(s) by ophthalmic route every 4 hours and at bedtime for 7Days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac(s) in the affected eye(s) by ophthalmic route every 3-4 hours and at bedtime
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac(s) in the affected eye(s) by ophthalmic route every 3-4 hours and at bedtime for10 days
- Apply one-half inch ribbon into the lower conjunctival sac(s) in the affected eye(s) by ophthalmic route every 3-4 hours and at bedtime for7 days
- None
Contraindicated
- Silvadene
- silver sulfadiazine
- Ssd
- Thermazene
Severe
Moderate
- None
- Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (g6Pd) deficiency
- Hemolytic anemia from PK and g6PD deficiencies
Contraindicated
- Porphyria
Severe
Moderate
- None
SULFACETAMIDE SODIUM (SULFACETAMIDE SODIUM)
- Acne vulgaris
- Bacterial conjunctivitis
- Chlamydial conjunctivitis
- Trachoma
- Erythema
- Pruritus of skin
- Skin inflammation
- Skin irritation
- Skin rash
- None
More Frequent
Severe
Less Severe
- None
- None
Less Frequent
Severe
Less Severe
Rare / Very Rare
Severe
- Agranulocytosis
- Blood dyscrasias
- Erythema
- Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency anemia
- Hepatic necrosis
- Hypersensitivity drug reaction
- Neutropenic disorder
- Pruritus of skin
- Skin irritation
- Skin rash
- Stevens-johnson syndrome
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Toxic epidermal necrolysis
Less Severe
- Eyelid edema
Contraindicated
Sulfacetamide Sodium (Top)
Not recommended in infants under 2 months. May cause kernicterus.
- 1 Day – 59 Days
- 1 Not recommended in infants under 2 months. May cause kernicterus.
Severe Precaution
None
Management or Monitoring Precaution
Sulfacetamide (Ophth)
Safety and efficacy not established age < 2 months.
- 1 Day – 59 Days
- Safety and efficacy not established age < 2 months.
Sulfacetamide Sodium (ophth & Top)
- Severity Level:
C
- Additional Notes: Insufficient human data
Contraindicated
None
| General | Excretion Potential | Effect on Infant | Notes |
| None |
Precaution Exists
Sulfacetamide (ophth, Top, Vag)
Absorp unknown;Kernicterus risk in newborn;Sulfas not rec if g6Pd def infant
| General | Excretion Potential | Effect on Infant | Notes |
| Evaluate use carefully | Unknown | Not known; no or inclusive data | Absorp unknown;Kernicterus risk in newborn;Sulfas not rec if g6Pd def infant |
No Known Risk
None
| General | Excretion Potential | Effect on Infant | Notes |
| None |
Contraindicated
None
Precaution Exists
None
No Known Risk
None
- None
| Acne vulgaris | |
| L70.0 | Acne vulgaris |
| Bacterial conjunctivitis | |
| H10.02 | Other mucopurulent conjunctivitis |
| H10.021 | Other mucopurulent conjunctivitis, right eye |
| H10.022 | Other mucopurulent conjunctivitis, left eye |
| H10.023 | Other mucopurulent conjunctivitis, bilateral |
| H10.029 | Other mucopurulent conjunctivitis, unspecified eye |
| H10.3 | Unspecified acute conjunctivitis |
| H10.30 | Unspecified acute conjunctivitis, unspecified eye |
| H10.31 | Unspecified acute conjunctivitis, right eye |
| H10.32 | Unspecified acute conjunctivitis, left eye |
| H10.33 | Unspecified acute conjunctivitis, bilateral |
| Chlamydial conjunctivitis | |
| A74.0 | Chlamydial conjunctivitis |
| Trachoma | |
| A71 | Trachoma |
| A71.0 | Initial stage of trachoma |
| A71.1 | Active stage of trachoma |
| A71.9 | Trachoma, unspecified |
| 0-9 | A-Z |
|---|---|
| A71 | Trachoma |
| A71.0 | Initial stage of trachoma |
| A71.1 | Active stage of trachoma |
| A71.9 | Trachoma, unspecified |
| A74.0 | Chlamydial conjunctivitis |
| H10.02 | Other mucopurulent conjunctivitis |
| H10.021 | Other mucopurulent conjunctivitis, right eye |
| H10.022 | Other mucopurulent conjunctivitis, left eye |
| H10.023 | Other mucopurulent conjunctivitis, bilateral |
| H10.029 | Other mucopurulent conjunctivitis, unspecified eye |
| H10.3 | Unspecified acute conjunctivitis |
| H10.30 | Unspecified acute conjunctivitis, unspecified eye |
| H10.31 | Unspecified acute conjunctivitis, right eye |
| H10.32 | Unspecified acute conjunctivitis, left eye |
| H10.33 | Unspecified acute conjunctivitis, bilateral |
| L70.0 | Acne vulgaris |
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