Scholl Advance Athlete's Foot Cream

One gram of cream contains 10mg/ 1% w/w of terbinafine hydrochloride

Excipients: 40mg of cetyl alcohol and 40mg of stearyl alcohol per gram of cream

For excipients, see 6.1

Cream

White homogenous cream

The treatment of tinea pedis (athlete's foot) caused by Trichophyton (e.g. T.rubrum, T.mentagrophytes, T.verrucosum, T.violaceum) and Epidermophyton floccosum.

Method of administration

Cutaneous use

Adults and the Elderly

Scholl Advance Athlete's Foot Cream is applied once or twice daily to the affected skin and surrounding area in a thin layer and rubbed in gently. Before application the affected skin areas should be cleansed and dried thoroughly. In the case of intertriginous infections (interdigital) the application may be covered with a gauze strip, especially at night.

Duration of treatment is one week for tinea pedis. Relief of symptoms usually occurs within a few days. Irregular use or premature discontinuation of treatment carries the risk of recurrence. If there are no signs of improvement after two weeks, the diagnosis should be verified by a physician.

Children

Scholl Advance Athlete's Foot Cream is not recommended for use in children below 16 years due to insufficient data on safety and efficacy. See section 5.1 and 5.2.

Hypersensitivity to terbinafine or any of the excipients in the cream.

This product is for external use only. Contact with the eyes should be avoided.

This product contains cetyl alcohol and stearyl alcohol, which may cause local skin reactions (e.g. contact dermatitis).

There are no known drug interactions with terbinafine cream.

Foetal toxicity and fertility studies suggest no adverse effects.

There is no clinical experience with terbinafine cream in pregnant women. Therefore, unless the potential benefits outweigh any potential risks, Scholl Advance Athlete's Foot Cream should not be administered during pregnancy.

Terbinafine is excreted in breast milk and therefore breast-feeding mothers should not use Scholl Advance Athlete's Foot Cream.

No studies on the effects on the ability to drive and use machines have been performed.

Frequencies are defined as very common 1/10; common 1/100 <1/10; uncommon 1/1000 <1/100; rare 1/10,000 <1/1000; very rare 1/10,000.

Treatment has to be rarely discontinued for allergic reactions at the site of application. However if hypersensitivity reactions occur treatment must be discontinued.

No adverse events in relation to ingestion of terbinafine cream have been reported to date. However, if accidental ingestion occurs, gastric emptying may be used if considered appropriate. Adverse reactions similar to those possible after oral administration of terbinafine tablets (e.g. headache, nausea, dizziness and upper gastrointestinal complaints) may occur following accidental ingestion of the cream.

Pharmacotherapeutic group: Other antifungals for topical use

ATC code: D01A E15

Terbinafine is an allylamine which has a broad spectrum of antifungal activity. At low concentrations, terbinafine is fungicidal against dermatophytes, moulds and certain dimorphic fungi.

The treatment effect of terbinafine is long-lasting: Less than 10% of patients suffering from tinea pedis and treated with terbinafine 1% cream for one week experienced a relapse or re-infection within three months after start of treatment.

Terbinafine interferes specifically with fungal sterol biosynthesis at an early step. This leads to a deficiency in ergosterol and to an intracellular accumulation of squalene, resulting in fungal cell death. Terbinafine acts by inhibition of squalene epoxidase in the fungal cell membrane.

The enzyme squalene epoxidase is not linked to the cytochrome P450 system. Terbinafine does not influence the metabolism of hormones or other drug substances.

Less than 5% of the dose is absorbed after topical application to humans; systemic exposure is therefore very slight.

There are no pre-clinical data of relevance to the prescriber which are additional to that already included in other sections of the SmPC.

Sodium hydroxide

Benzyl alcohol

Sorbitan stearate

Cetyl palmitate

Cetyl alcohol

Stearyl alcohol

Polysorbate 60

Isopropyl myristrate

Purified water

Not applicable

Unopened: 2 Years

Opened: 2 Weeks

This medicinal product does not require any special storage conditions.

Aluminium tube with tamper-evident membrane seal, internal lacquer coating and HDPE screw cap containing 7.5g or 15g of cream.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.

No special requirements

Scholl Consumer Products Ltd

Venus

No 1 Old Park Lane

Manchester

M41 7HA

PL 00587/0242

22/08/2006

02/03/2010