Ciclopirox Olamine

INDICATIONS AND USAGE Ciclopirox Olamine Topical Suspension USP, 0.77% (w/w) (Lotion) is indicated for the topical treatment of the following dermal infections: tinea pedis, tinea cruris and tinea corporis due to Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Epidermophyton floccosum, and Microsporum canis; cutaneous candidiasis (moniliasis) due to Candida albicans; and tinea (pityriasis) versicolor due to Malassezia furfur .

DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION Gently massage Ciclopirox Olamine Topical Suspension USP, 0.77% (w/w) (Lotion) into the affected and surrounding skin areas twice daily, in the morning and evening. Clinical improvement with relief of pruritus and other symptoms usually occurs within the first week of treatment. If a patient shows no clinical improvement after four weeks of treatment with Ciclopirox Olamine Topical Suspension USP, 0.77% (w/w) (Lotion) the diagnosis should be redetermined. Patients with tinea versicolor usually exhibit clinical and mycological clearing after two weeks of treatment.

WARNINGS General - Ciclopirox Olamine Topical Suspension USP, 0.77% (w/w) (Lotion) is not for ophthalmic use. Keep out of reach of children.

CONTRAINDICATIONS Ciclopirox Olamine Topical Suspension USP, 0.77% (w/w) (Lotion) is contraindicated in individuals who have shown hypersensitivity to any of its components.

Pregnancy Teratogenic Effects: Pregnancy Category B There are no adequate or well-controlled studies in pregnant women. Therefore, Ciclopirox Olamine Topical Suspension USP, 0.77% (w/w) (Lotion) should be used during pregnancy only if the potential benefit justifies the potential risk to the fetus. Oral embryofetal developmental studies were conducted in mice, rats, rabbits and monkeys. Ciclopirox or ciclopirox olamine was orally administered during the period of organogenesis. No maternal toxicity, embryotoxicity or teratogenicity were noted at the highest doses of 77, 125, 80 and 38.5 mg/kg/day ciclopirox in mice, rats, rabbits and monkeys, respectively (approximately 11, 37, 51 and 24 times the maximum recommended human dose based on body surface area comparisons, respectively). Dermal embryofetal developmental studies were conducted in rats and rabbits with ciclopirox olamine dissolved in PEG 400. Ciclopirox olamine was topically administered during the period of organogenesis. No maternal toxicity, embryotoxicity or teratogenicity were noted at the highest doses of 92 mg/kg/day and 77 mg/kg/day ciclopirox in rats and rabbits, respectively (approximately 27 and 49 times the maximum recommended human dose based on body surface area comparisons, respectively).

Nursing Mothers - It is not known whether this drug is excreted in human milk. Caution should be exercised when Ciclopirox Olamine Topical Suspension USP, 0.77% (w/w) (Lotion) is administered to a nursing woman.

ADVERSE REACTIONS In the controlled clinical trial with 89 patients using ciclopirox olamine topical suspension and 89 patients using the vehicle, the incidence of adverse reactions was low. Those considered possibly related to treatment or occurring in more than one patient were pruritus, which occurred in two patients using ciclopirox olamine topical suspension and one patient using the suspension vehicle, and burning, which occurred in one patient using ciclopirox olamine topical suspension.