lSIDE-EFFECTSAbdominal distress.angioedema.
diarrhoea.face oedema.nausea.sensitisation.skin
reactions.Stevens-Johnson syndrome.vomiting
lPATIENT AND CARER ADVICECounselling advised with oral
suspension (use of pipette, hold in mouth, after food).
Medicines for Children leaflet: Nystatin for Candida
infectionwww.medicinesforchildren.org.uk/nystatin-for-
candida-infection
lPROFESSION SPECIFIC INFORMATION
Dental practitioners’formulary
Nystatin Oral Suspension may be prescribed.lMEDICINAL FORMS
There can be variation in the licensing of different medicines
containing the same drug. Forms available from special-order
manufacturers include: oral suspension
Oral suspension
CAUTIONARY AND ADVISORY LABELS 9
EXCIPIENTS:May contain Ethanol
▶Nystatin (Non-proprietary)
Nystatin 100000 unit per 1 mlNystatin 100 , 000 units/ml oral
suspension| 30 mlP£ 2. 22 DT = £ 2. 22
6 Oropharyngeal viral
infections
Oropharyngeal viral infections
Management
Viral infections are the most common cause of a sore throat.
It is usually a self-limiting condition which does not benefit
from anti-infective treatment. Adequate analgesia may be all
that is required.
Children with varicella–zoster infection often develop
painful lesions in the mouth and throat. Benzydamine
hydrochloride p. 707 may be used to provide local analgesia.
Chlorhexidine mouthwash or gel p. 703 will control plaque
accumulation if toothbrushing is painful and will also help to
control secondary infection in general.
In severe herpetic stomatitis systemic aciclovir p. 404 or
valaciclovir p. 406 may be used for oral lesions associated
with herpes zoster. Aciclovir and valaciclovir are also used to
prevent frequently recurring herpes simplex lesions of the
mouth particularly when associated with the initiation of
erythema multiforme. See the treatment of labial herpes
simplex infections.
BNFC 2018 – 2019 Oropharyngeal viral infections 711
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