Active ingredient
- salicylic acid
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The Patient Information Leaflet (PIL) is the leaflet included in the pack with a medicine. It is written for patients and gives information about taking or using a medicine. It is possible that the leaflet in your medicine pack may differ from this version because it may have been updated since your medicine was packaged.
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Bazuka Extra Strength Treatment Gel
PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER
bazuka™ Extra Strength Treatment 26% w/w Gel
salicylic acid
Please read all of this leaflet carefully before you start using this product.
This medicine is available without prescription. However, you still need to use it carefully to get the best results from it. Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you need more information or advice.
In this leaflet:
1. What Bazuka Extra Strength Treatment Gel is and what it is used for
2. Before you use Bazuka Extra Strength Treatment Gel
3. How to use Bazuka Extra Strength Treatment Gel
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Bazuka Extra Strength Treatment Gel
6. Further information
1. WHAT BAZUKA EXTRA STRENGTH TREATMENT GEL IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR
2. BEFORE YOU USE BAZUKA EXTRA STRENGTH TREATMENT GEL
Do not use Bazuka Extra Strength Treatment Gel if you are allergic (hypersensitive) to salicylic acid or any of the other ingredients of Bazuka Extra Strength Treatment Gel listed in Section 6.
Take special care when using this product:
Using other medicines
This product is not known to affect, or to be affected by any other medicines.
Pregnancy and breast-feeding
Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before using this medicine.
Driving and using machinery
Using this product is not known to affect your ability to drive or use machinery.
3. HOW TO USE BAZUKA EXTRA STRENGTH TREATMENT GEL
Only use on warts and verrucas, on sites for which it is recommended.
Before you use this tube of gel for the first time, open it as follows:
To use the gel (adults, children and the elderly):
Follow these steps once every day, usually in the evening. Carry on using the gel in this way until the wart or verruca disappears:
A. Soak the affected area in warm water for 2 to 3 minutes.
B. Dry the area thoroughly, using your own towel if you have a wart or verruca (this will help stop the infection spreading to other people). This towel should be used for the affected area only.
C. Taking care to avoid squeezing the tube, remove the protective red cap, leaving the white nozzle attached to the tube.
D. Carefully apply a thin coating (one or two drops) of the gel to the top of the wart or verruca only:
E. The next evening, carefully peel or pick off the white patch of dried gel from the wart or verruca:
F. Once every week, before applying fresh gel, gently rub the wart or verruca with the emery board provided, or a pumice stone. Do not let anyone else use the emery board or pumice stone as the infection may spread to them.
G. The length of treatment will vary depending on the size and resistance of the wart or verruca:
H. At the end of treatment, if the white patch is difficult to remove, you can leave it because it will eventually fall off by itself.
If the gel accidentally gets into the eyes or mouth, it may cause damage. Rinse the eyes or mouth with plenty of water. If rinsing one eye, take care to avoid washing product into the other eye. Then seek urgent hospital attention.
If you inhale a lot of the vapour from the gel
it may make you feel light-headed. If this happens, get plenty of fresh air.
If you forget to use Bazuka Extra Strength Treatment Gel
Do not worry if you occasionally forget to use this product, just carry on using it when you remember.
If you have any further questions on the use of this product, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
4. POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS
Like all medicines, Bazuka Extra Strength Treatment Gel can cause side effects although not everybody gets them:
Reporting of side effects
If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. You can also report side effects directly via the Yellow Card Scheme at: www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard. By reporting side effects you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.
5. HOW TO STORE BAZUKA EXTRA STRENGTH TREATMENT GEL
6. FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT BAZUKA EXTRA STRENGTH TREATMENT GEL
What Bazuka Extra Strength Treatment Gel contains:
The active ingredient is salicylic acid 26.0% w/w.
The other ingredients are camphor, povidone, pyroxylin, ethanol, acetone and isopropyl alcohol.
What Bazuka Extra Strength Treatment Gel looks like and contents of the pack
The product is a clear colourless gel.
The product is available in a tube containing 6g of gel. The tube has a special applicator nozzle.
Each pack also includes an emery board.
Warts and verrucas can spread to other parts of the body, or to other people. To help avoid this:
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This leaflet was last revised in February 2015.
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