Source: Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB) Revision Year: 2014 Publisher: Novartis Consumer Health UK Ltd, Park View, Riverside Way, Watchmoor Park, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 3YL Trading style: Novartis Consumer Health
Savlon Dry is a broad spectrum antiseptic for topical application in the treatment and prevention of infection in wounds. May be used in first aid for minor cuts, grazes, burns, abrasions and blisters.
Shake the can before use and spray the treatment area from a distance of 6-9 inches (15-22cm) until a light dusting of powder is deposited. Savlon Dry should be used directly from the aerosol container.
The recommended usual maximum daily adult application for regular use on broken skin is 150mg available iodine.
There are no special dosage recommendations for either elderly patients or children. However, povidone-iodine is not recommended for regular use in neonates and is contra-indicated in very low birth weight infants (below 1500g).
With normal topical application, iodine absorption is so low that the risk of overdose can be virtually excluded.
The amount of povidone-iodine contained in one aerosol can of Savlon Dry is unlikely to have any toxic effects if ingested.
Iodine ingested in large amounts can produce goitre and hypothyroidism as well as hyperthyroidism and may lead to a range of adverse effects, often called iodism, such as metallic taste, vomiting, abdominal pain or bloody diarrhoea, although some of the effects may be due to hypersensitivity.
Treatment of iodine poisoning consists of gastric lavage with a starch solution (15 g starch or flour in 500 ml water); in severe cases, with sodium thiosulphate 1-5% as a specific antidote. Gastric irritation can be reduced with milk. Monitoring of the fluid and electrolyte balance should be useful.
High serum iodine levels resulting from excessive use can be reduced by haemodialysis.
3 years.
PRESSURISED CONTAINER: Protect from sunlight.
DO NOT – expose to temperatures exceeding 50°C.
Keep away from sources of ignition.
Do not store above 25°C.
Monobloc aluminium aerosol container, internally lacquered, containing micronised powder and propellants under pressure and fitted with a valve and actuator and transparent yellow polypropylene overcap.
Medicines should be kept out of the reach of children.
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