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Medically reviewed by Oliinyk Elizabeth Ivanovna, PharmD. Last updated on 28.06.2022
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Tersaseptic is used in a variety of common household products, including soaps, mouthwashes, dish detergents, toothpastes, deodorants, and hand sanitizers. It is also used in health care settings in surgical scrubs and personnel hand washes. (Dental cavity; Dental plaque; Gingivitis;)
Balsam Peru increases blood flow to a wound area, and also helps fight bacteria.
Castor oil prevents skin cells from breaking down, which aids in wound healing.
Balsam Peru and castor oil topical (for the skin) is a combination medicine used to treat bed sores and other skin ulcers. This medication can help promote healing and relieve pain caused by these conditions.
Balsam Peru and castor oil topical may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.
Topical/Cutaneous
Oral hygiene; Acne; Skin disinfection; Disinfection of hands and wounds
Adult: Available in concentrations up to 2% in soaps, creams, and solutions.
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What is the most important information I should know about Tersaseptic?
Do not use on burned or denuded skin; as an occlusive dressing, wet pack or lotion; as vaginal pack or tampon, on mucous membranes or for routine prophylactic total body bathing.
Should not be used on persons hypersensitive to any of its components nor on persons who have demonstrated primary light sensitivity to halogenated phenol derivatives because of the possibility of cross-sensitivity to Tersaseptic.
Follow all directions on your prescription label. Do not use this medicine in larger or smaller amounts or for longer than recommended.
Do not take by mouth.
Topical medicine is for use only on the skin. Do not get this medicine in your eyes or nose. Avoid inhaling the spray.
Wash your hands before and after applying this medicine.
Apply a thin layer of medication to the wound. Balsam Peru and castor oil is usually applied 2 or 3 times daily. Follow your doctor's instructions.
Shake the spray form of this medicine before each use. Hold the can about 12 inches from your skin and spray enough medicine to coat the wound.
After applying the medicine, you may cover the wound with a bandage dressing, or leave the wound open to the air. Your doctor will tell you whether you should cover the wound or not.
If you need to remove the medicine, gently wash it off with water.
Some forms of this medicine are flammable. Do not use near open flame or while you are smoking. Do not smoke until the medicine has completely dried on your skin.
Use this medication regularly to get the most benefit. Get your prescription refilled before you run out of medicine completely.
Store at room temperature away from moisture and heat. Do not allow the medicine to freeze.
Keep the spray canister away from open flame or high heat. The canister may explode if it gets too hot. Do not puncture or burn an empty spray canister.
There are specific as well as general uses of a drug or medicine. A medicine can be used to prevent a disease, treat a disease over a period or cure a disease. It can also be used to treat the particular symptom of the disease. The drug use depends on the form the patient takes it. It may be more useful in injection form or sometimes in tablet form. The drug can be used for a single troubling symptom or a life-threatening condition. While some medications can be stopped after few days, some drugs need to be continued for prolonged period to get the benefit from it.Acne, Infections, skin antisepsis.
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What other drugs will affect Tersaseptic?
Some drugs, like insulin, may interfere with the body’s lipase system. This kind of interaction seems, however, to be of only limited clinical importance.
Heparin in clinical doses causes a transient increase in lipolysis in plasma, resulting in a transient decrease in triglyceride clearance due to depletion of lipoprotein lipase.
Soybean oil has a natural content of vitamin K1. This is considered important only for patients treated with coumarin derivatives, which interfere with vitamin K1.
Incompatibilities: Intralipid 10%/20% can only be mixed with other medicinal products for which compatibility has been documented.
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What are the possible side effects of Tersaseptic?
Benzoyl peroxide may cause side effects. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:
dryness or peeling of skin
feeling of warmth.
tingling.
slight stinging.
If you experience any of the following symptoms, call your doctor immediately:
burning.
blistering.
itching.
redness.
rash.
swelling.
An aromatic ether that is phenol which is substituted at C-5 by a chloro group and at C-2 by a 2,4-dichlorophenoxy group. It is widely used as a preservative and antimicrobial agent in personal care products such as soaps, skin creams, toothpaste and deodorants as well as in household items such as plastic chopping boards, sports equipment and shoes. [ChEBI]