Almirall Optiderm Fat Cream 50 g

Optiderm Fat Cream is a medicine for the supportive treatment of skin diseases with itching and skin dryness.

Optiderm fat cream contains 2 active ingredients, urea and polidocanol.
Urea is a substance that can also be found in the skin as a component of the natural moisturizing factors.
urea increases the water-binding capacity of the layer; in addition, antibacterial, antipruritic and mild anesthetic effects are attributed to this substance, among others. Urea is not allergic.

Polidocanol, a surface anesthetic, has an analgesic and antipruritic effect. The local tolerability of polidocanol is good. Due to the combination of these two active ingredients, Optiderm fat cream has significant pain and itching relief properties. The moisture content of the skin is also significantly increased.

In addition, Optiderm Fat Cream causes a significant moisturizing of the skin and thus a reduction in skin roughness. If the skin does not need a pronounced moisturizing, Optiderm cream is at your disposal.

Optiderm fat cream is applied

• for moisture regulation of the layer
• for greasing and relieving itching as a supportive treatment of skin diseases with very dry and/or itchy skin such as atopic eczema (neurodermatitis) or for damage to the skin due to dehydration, caused e.g. by detergents and exsiccation eczema
• for further and follow-up treatment of the skin diseases mentioned.

Contraindications

Do not use Optiderm Fat Cream

• if you are allergic to urea, polidocanol or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6).
• if your skin is reddened all over your body and flaky (erythroderma)
• if your skin is inflamed, weeping and you have a skin infection.

Interactions

Other medicines
and Optiderm fat cream Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines.

Do not apply any other medicines or cosmetics to the same areas of the skin during treatment with Optiderm Fat Cream, as the absorption of other active ingredients (e.g. corticoids, dithranol, 5-fluorouracil) may be increased.

Pregnancy and breastfeeding
Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking or taking any medicines.

There are no known risks associated with the use of Optiderm Fat Cream during pregnancy and breastfeeding. However, Optiderm fat cream should not be used in the breast area during breastfeeding.

Application

Always use this medicine exactly as described in this leaflet or exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you're not sure.

For use on the skin.

Unless otherwise prescribed by your doctor, apply Optiderm Fat Cream evenly and thinly to the skin twice a day.

The duration of treatment depends on the improvement that has occurred and is generally 3 weeks.

If skin dryness persists, you can also carry out the treatment over a longer period of time after consulting a doctor. If you have any further questions on the use of this medicine, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

Side effects

Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
Uncommon (1 to 10 users in 1,000):

• Skin redness, burning, itching, pustule formation

Not known (frequency cannot be estimated from the available data):

• Contact dermatitis, hives (urticaria), rash, rash accompanied by pus blisters (pustular rash)

Composition

The active ingredients are urea and polidocanol.
100 g of cream contains 5 g of urea and 3 g of polidocanol.

The other ingredients are:
Medium Chain Triglycerides, Viscous Paraffin, Isopropyl Palmitate, Cetyl Alcohol, Polyoxyethylene-21-Stearyl Ether, Polyoxyethylene-2-Stearyl Ether, 1,3 Butylene Glycol, Sodium Lactate Solution, Lactic Acid, Disodium Edetate, Purified Water.