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28546A Iss 04-05 Lin Lot.ps - 5/4/2005 8:26 AM by mouth. If you get Lindane Lotion in your mouth or swallow LindaneLotion, call your area Poison Control Center right away and getemergency help.
What is Lindane Lotion?
Lindane Lotion is a medicine that is used to treat scabies. It kills scabiesand their eggs. Scabies are very small bugs that crawl under your skin, layeggs, and cause severe itching. Lindane Lotion goes through your skin andkills the scabies and their eggs. Lindane Lotion is used only after safermedicines have not made your scabies go away. The only time Lindane Lotion is used first is when someone cannot use safer medicines, which ==gq4 5kZXJQcmVzcw 0044W2do 0RL1 Fn01 DF02 cmEAQWP may include permethrin and crotamiton.
Medication Guide
Lindane Lotion is mainly for adults and children who weigh at least
110 pounds. If you weigh less than 110 pounds, use Lindane Lotion
only if your doctor thinks it is really needed. People who weigh less
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than 110 pounds and the elderly have higher chances for side effects
because more lindane may go through their skin.
Who should not use Lindane Lotion?
Do not use Lindane Lotion:
• if you do not have scabies. Lindane Lotion does not stop you from getting
scabies. Lindane Lotion only kills the scabies you already have.
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• if you have or have ever had seizures, also called convulsions, "fits" or You must read and follow all instructions before using Lindane Lotion.
epilepsy, especially if they have been hard to control.
Read the information you get every time you or a family member get • if you used Lindane Lotion in the past few months. You should see your Lindane Lotion. There may be new information. This Medication Guide does doctor if you think you need another treatment.
not take the place of talking with your doctor about your medical conditionor treatment. If you have any questions about Lindane Lotion, ask your • unless it is the only medicine you can use for scabies.
doctor or pharmacist.
• if you had a bad reaction to Lindane Lotion before. Do not use Lindane
What is the most important information I should know about Lindane
Lotion again.
• if you have open sores or crusted (scabby) sores on your skin, or lots of Lindane Lotion is a poison if you do not use it the right way. Lindane
Lotion goes through your skin and may affect your brain and nerves. Lindane • if you have head or body lice. These need a different medicine that you Lotion can cause seizures, also called convulsions, "fits" or epilepsy.
• Seizures and death can happen in people who use Lindane Lotion too • if you are allergic to Lindane Lotion or any of its ingredients. The active ingredient is lindane. See the end of this Medication Guide for a list of • Seizures can happen in some people even if they use Lindane Lotion all the ingredients in Lindane Lotion.
• if you need to treat a premature or young baby. More lindane can go If you or a family member has a seizure while using Lindane Lotion,
through the skin of babies and go to their brains where it can harm them.
get emergency help right away.
• while you are breast-feeding. Lindane Lotion can get in your milk and be • Do not use Lindane Lotion unless:
fed to your baby. Lindane Lotion on your skin can also go to your baby.
Your baby may get sick. Ask your doctor for a safer medicine. If you use • You have scabies and were treated with another medicine that did not Lindane Lotion, pump your breast milk and throw away the milk for at least 24 hours after using the medicine. During this time, feed your baby • You cannot use other safer medicines to treat your scabies.
formula or breast milk you stored from before you used Lindane Lotion.
• Do not use Lindane Lotion more than 1 time to treat an attack of scabies. Tell your doctor if you:
Do not use Lindane Lotion to treat a second attack of scabies that • used Lindane Lotion in the past few months.
comes soon after the first episode. Using it more than 1 time cancause seizures and death. No one knows a safe time to reuse Lindane • ever had a seizure or problem that could increase your chances ofLotion. Even if you still itch after using Lindane Lotion, do not use more getting a seizure (like a head injury, tumor in your brain or spinal cord, or use it again. Scabies (bugs) can make your skin itch for a few weeks cirrhosis of the liver, or heavy alcohol drinking.) even after all of the bugs are dead.
• have HIV or AIDS. Lindane Lotion may cause seizures even if you never • Do not use more Lindane Lotion than your doctor tells you.
• Do not keep Lindane Lotion on your skin for more than 8 to 12 hours.
• are pregnant. Lindane Lotion can reach your baby and may harm it. Ask your doctor for a safer medicine. Use Lindane Lotion only if needed.
• Do not put Lindane Lotion in your mouth because it is a poison if taken 28546A Iss 04-05 Lin Lot.ps - 5/4/2005 8:26 AM • have a sexual partner. Your partner should get checked and treated for What should I avoid while using Lindane Lotion?
scabies so they don't give them back to you. Don't share your Lindane • Do not get Lindane Lotion in your eyes. If you do, rinse your eyes with
water right away. Get medical help if your eyes keep hurting.
Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take, including prescription • Do not let your skin touch other people's skin while you have Lindane and non-prescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Some Lotion on. Make sure your skin does not touch your baby or small child.
medicines may increase your chances of having a seizure if you take themwhile using Lindane Lotion. Especially, tell your doctor if you take medicines • If you are pregnant, do not use Lindane Lotion, or apply Lindane Lotion called sedatives (drugs to help you sleep).
to others unless it is needed and you have talked to your doctor aboutusing it. See the special glove advice below if you have to put Lindane How do I use Lindane Lotion?
• Do not use oils on your skin or hair just before or after using Lindane • Make sure you know how to use it exactly as your doctor
Lotion. Oils include skin lotions and moisturizers, and oil-based hair prescribes.
• If you are putting Lindane Lotion on another person, wear special • Do not get Lindane Lotion on your hands if you are putting it on someone gloves made of nitrile, latex with neoprene, or sheer vinyl. Do not
else. Wear special gloves made of nitrile, latex with neoprene, or sheer use natural latex gloves because more lindane can go through that
vinyl. Do not use natural latex gloves. Wash your hands well when you kind of glove. Wash your hands well when you are done.
• Make sure your skin is clean and does not have any other lotion, cream,
What are the possible side effects of Lindane Lotion?
or oil on it. Oils can make Lindane Lotion go through your skin faster and Lindane Lotion may cause serious side effects such as seizures (convulsions, fits) or death (See the section, "What is the most important • Wait for at least 1 hour after bathing or showering before you put information I should know about Lindane Lotion?"). Lindane Lotion can
Lindane Lotion on your skin. Wet or warm skin can make the Lindane also make you feel sleepy, dizzy, or can cause body shaking that you Lotion go through your skin faster and may increase the risk of seizures.
The most common side effects of Lindane Lotion are: • Shake the bottle of Lindane Lotion well.
• Put Lindane Lotion under your fingernails, because the scabies really like to stay there. Trim your fingernails short. Use a toothbrush to get the • A skin rash Lindane Lotion under your fingernails. Wrap this toothbrush in paper andthrow this toothbrush away. Do not use it in your mouth.
These are not all of the possible side effects of Lindane Lotion. For moreinformation, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
• Put a very thin layer of the Lindane Lotion on your skin from the neck down. You may have some Lindane Lotion left in the bottle.
General Information about Lindane Lotion:
• Do not cover over the Lindane Lotion on your skin with anything that does Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed not breathe, like diapers with a plastic lining, plastic clothes, tight in Medication Guides. Do not use Lindane Lotion for any condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give Lindane Lotion to other people,even if they have the same symptoms that you have. It may harm them.
• Close the bottle with the leftover Lindane Lotion and throw it away in a Keep Lindane Lotion and all medicines out of the reach of children.
trash can out of the reach of children.
This Medication Guide summarizes the most important information about Lindane Lotion. If you want more information, talk with your doctor. You can • Wash the Lindane Lotion off your skin after 8 to 12 hours. You must wash ask your doctor or pharmacist for information about Lindane Lotion that is the Lindane Lotion off your body completely. Use warm, but not hot water. Lindane Lotion will not kill any more scabies after 8 to 12 hours.
What are the ingredients in Lindane Lotion?
After 8 to 12 hours, Lindane Lotion can cause serious health problems,such as seizures and death.
Inactive Ingredients: 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol, carrageenan, cetylalcohol, cocoa butter, glyceryl monostearate, methylparaben, propylene • All recently worn clothing, underwear, pajamas, used sheets, pillowcases, glycol, propylparaben, purified water, stearic acid and trolamine.
and towels should be washed in very hot water or dry-cleaned.
This Medication Guide has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug • Do not use Lindane Lotion again. If you think you need to use it again, you must check with your doctor to find out when it is most safe.
This medication is available only by a prescription from your doctor.
You may still itch after you use Lindane Lotion. This does not mean you
need more Lindane Lotion. Even after all the scabie bugs are dead, they
can still make your skin itch for a few weeks. Lindane Lotion sometimes Manufactured By:
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makes this itch even worse. Talk to your doctor about things you can do to Morton Grove Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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