DailyMed Label: Silver Sulfadiazine

DailyMed Label: Silver Sulfadiazine

2024

DailyMed Prescription

Silver Sulfadiazine

Silver Sulfadiazine

Bryant Ranch Prepack

NDC: 63629-8772

NDC: 63629-8772

NDC: 63629-8772

NDC: 63629-8772

Silver sulfadiazine cream, USP 1% is a soft, white, water dispersible cream containing the antimicrobial agent silver sulfadiazine in micronized form for topical application.  Each gram of silver sulfadiazine cream contains 10mg of micronized silver sulfadiazine. This active agent has the following structural formula:      Silver sulfadiazine cream contains 1% w/w silver sulfadiazine.  The vehicle in which the active ingredient is dispersed consists of water, stearyl alcohol, white petrolatum, polyoxyl 40 stearate, propylene glycol, isopropyl myristate, and sorbitan monooleate with 0.3% methylparaben as a preservative.

Silver sulfadiazine cream, USP 1% is a topical antimicrobial drug indicated as an adjunct for the prevention and treatment of wound sepsis in patients with second and third degree burns.

Prompt institution of appropriate regimens for care of the burned patient is of prime importance and includes the control of shock and pain. The burn wounds are then cleansed and debrided; silver sulfadiazine cream, USP 1% is then applied under sterile conditions. The burn areas should be covered with silver sulfadiazine cream, USP 1% at all times. The cream should be applied once to twice daily to a thickness of approximately one sixteenth of an inch. Whenever necessary, the cream should be reapplied to any areas from which it has been removed by patient activity. Administration may be accomplished in minimal time because dressings are not required. However, if individual patient requirements make dressings necessary, they may be used.      Reapply immediately after hydrotherapy. Treatment with silver sulfadiazine cream, USP 1% should be continued until satisfactory healing has occurred or until the burn site is ready for grafting. The drug should not be withdrawn from the therapeutic regimen while there remains the possibility of infection except if a significant adverse reaction occurs.

Silver sulfadiazine cream, USP 1% is contraindicated in patients who are hypersensitive to silver sulfadiazine or any of the other ingredients in the preparation.      Because sulfonamide therapy is known to increase the possibility of kernicterus, silver sulfadiazine cream, USP 1% should not be used on pregnant women approaching or at term, on premature infants, or on newborn infants during the first 2 months of life.

General. If hepatic and renal functions become impaired and elimination of the drug decreases accumulation may occur. Discontinuation of silver sulfadiazine cream, USP 1% should be weighed against the therapeutic benefit being achieved.      In considering the use of topical proteolytic enzymes in conjunction with Silver sulfadiazine cream, USP 1% the possibility should be noted that silver may inactivate such enzymes.      Laboratory Tests. In the treatment of burn wounds involving extensive areas of the body, the serum sulfa concentrations may approach adult therapeutic levels (8 to 12mg %). Therefore, in these patients it would be advisable to monitor serum sulfa concentrations. Renal function should be carefully monitored and the urine should be checked for sulfa crystals.      Absorption of the propylene glycol vehicle has been reported to affect serum osmolality, which may affect the interpretation of laboratory tests. Carcinogenesis, Mutagenesis, Impairment of Fertility. Long-term dermal toxicity studies of 24 months duration in rats and 18 months in mice with concentrations of silver sulfadiazine three to ten times the concentration in silver sulfadiazine cream, USP 1% revealed no evidence of carcinogenicity.

     Several cases of transient leukopenia have been reported in patients receiving silver sulfadiazine therapy.

Silver sulfadiazine cream, USP 1% - white to off-white cream NDC Number               Size 63629-8772-1            85g tube Store at room temperature. 15°-30°C (59°-86°F). Repackaged/Relabeled by: Bryant Ranch Prepack, Inc. Burbank, CA 91504

Silver sulfadiazine has broad antimicrobial activity. It is bactericidal for many gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria as well as being effective against yeast. Results from in vitro testing are listed below.      Sufficient data have been obtained to demonstrate that silver sulfadiazine will inhibit bacteria that are resistant to other antimicrobial agents and that the compound is superior to sulfadiazine.      Studies utilizing radioactive micronized silver sulfadiazine, electron microscopy, and biochemical techniques have revealed that the mechanism of action of silver sulfadiazine on bacteria differs from silver nitrate and sodium sulfadiazine. Silver sulfadiazine acts only on the cell membrane and cell wall to produce its bactericidal effect. Results of in Vitro Testing With Silver Sulfadiazine Cream, USP 1% Concentration of Silver Sulfadiazine Number of Sensitive Strains / Total Number of Strains Tested Genus and Species 50 µg/mL 100 µg/mL Pseudomonas aeruginosa 130/130 130/130 Xanthomonas (Pseudomonas) Maltophilia 7/7 7/7 Enterobacter species 48/50 50/50 Enterobacter cloacae 24/24 24/24 Klebsiella species 53/54 54/54 Escherichia coli 63/63 63/63 Serratia species 27/28 28/28 Proteus mirabilis 53/53 53/53 Morganella morganii 10/10 10/10 Providencia rettgeri 2/2 2/2 Proteus vulgaris 2/2 2/2 Providencia species 1/1 1/1 Citrobacter species 10/10 10/10 Acinetobacter calcoaceticus 10/11 11/11 Stahylococcus aureus 100/101 100/101 Staphylococcus epidermidis 51/51 51/51 β-Hemolytic Streptococcus 4/4 4/4 Enterococcus species 52/53 52/53 Corynebacterium diphtheriae 2/2 2/2 Clostridium perfringens 0/2 2/2 Candida albicans 43/50 50/50 Silver sulfadiazine is not a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor and may be useful in situations where such agents are contraindicated.

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