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Calamine Uses, Side Effects, and More

 Calamine

Brand name:- Calacreme 5% cream,Calaminol 5% and Calamyl 10% emulsion.

Calamine has mild astringent and antipruritic actions. Calamine is an anti-itch medication that works by causing a cooling sensation as it evaporates on your skin.

Pharmacodynamic:-

Not available .



 Mechanism of action:-

Not available.



 used:-

used to relieve pain, itching, and discomfort from minor skin irritations such as poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac.


 side effects:- 

Itching, Skin irritation, Erythema (skin redness).

Dose :-  Topically apply on affected area.

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