HYDROGEN PEROXIDE 6% 20VL 200ML

Description

Hydrogen Peroxide 6% 200ML is used as a mild disinfectant for minor cuts, wounds and skin ulcers or as a mouthwash or gargle.

Means Of Use

Topical

As a disinfectant:

Use as required. Dress the wound in cotton wool soaked in a solution of equal parts of peroxide and water.

As a disinfectant this product is suitable for use by adults, children and the elderly.

As a mouthwash or gargle:

Dilute one part of peroxide to five parts of water. Rinse the mouth for two to three minutes. This may be repeated up to three times daily.

As a mouthwash or gargle the product is suitable for use by adults, children over 12 years and the elderly. Due to the risk of swallowing it should only be used by younger children under the instruction of a doctor.

Contraindications

Hypersensitivity to any of the ingredients

Not for use in closed body cavities or on surgical wounds due to the risk of oxygen released into the circulation causing gas embolism.

Not for use as a disinfection agent for surgical instruments (particularly endoscopes) and as an enema.

Special warnings and precautions for use

• For external use only.
• Keep all medicines away from children.
• Not for use in closed body cavities or on surgical wounds due to risk of oxygen released into the circulation causing gas embolism.
• Avoid normal skin.
• Product bleaches fabric.

Fertility, pregnancy and lactation

All medicines should be avoided if possible, during pregnancy and lactation. No evidence is available as to the safety of use of this product in these conditions.

Undesirable effects

Cases of gas embolism, sometimes resulting in cardiac arrest, have been reported when hydrogen peroxide has been instilled in closed body cavities or deep surgical wounds.

Strong solutions of hydrogen peroxide produce irritating burns on the skin and mucous membranes with a white eschar. The pain disappears after about 1 hour. Continued use of the product as a mouthwash may cause reversible hypertrophy of the papillae of the tongue.