Oni 10gm

INDICATION
Oni® cream is indicated for the topical treatment of inflammatory dermal infections like tinea pedis, tinea cruris, tinea corporis, etc.

DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION
Sufficient cream should be applied onto the affected and surrounding skin areas twice a day, in the morning and evening, for 2 weeks in tinea cruris and tinea corporis and for 4 weeks in tinea pedis. The use of cream for longer than four weeks is not recommended.

CONTRAINDICATION AND PRECAUTION
The preparation is contraindicated to those patients who are sensitive to any of its components or to other corticosteroids or to imidazoles. If irritation or sensitization develops with the use of the cream, treatment
should be discontinued and appropriate therapy instituted. The cream is contraindicated in facial rosacea, acne vulgaris, perioral dermatits, perianal and genital pruritus, napkin eruptions and bacterial or viral infections.
Systemic absorption of topical corticosteroides can produce reversible hypothalmic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis suppression. If HPA axis suppression is noted, an attempt should be made to withdraw the drug or to reduce the frequency of application. Pediatric patients may be more susceptible to systemic toxicity from equivalent doses due to their large skin surface to body mass ratios. Betamethasone dipropionate & Clotrimazole Topical corticosteroid

SIDE EFFECT
Adverse reactions reported for the preparation in clinical trials were paresthesia in 1.9% of patients, rash, edema and secondary infection, each in less than 1% of patients. Other adverse reactions reported with the preparation were burning and dry skin in 1.6% of patients and stinging in less than 1% of patients.

DRUG INTERACTION
No information is available.

USE IN PREGNANCY AND LACTATION
There is inadequate evidence of safety in pregnancy. Clotrimazole has no teratogenic effect in animals, but is foetotoxic at high oral doses. Topical administration of corticosteroids to pregnant animals can cause abnormalities of fetal development. Hence the cream should only be used in pregnancy, if the benefit justifies the potential risk to the fetus and such use should not be extensive, i.e. in large amounts or for long periods. It is not known whether the components of the preparation are excreted in human milk and therefore caution should be exercised when treating
nursing mothers.