Butoconazole Nitrate — Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient

Butoconazole Nitrate is an active pharmaceutical ingredient found in 4 FDA-approved drug products. Forms: CREAM, SUPPOSITORY. Routes: VAGINAL.

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Butoconazole Nitrate (4 brand names, 2 dosage forms, 1 route)

Available dosage forms: CREAM, SUPPOSITORY.

Routes of administration: VAGINAL.

Brand Names

  • BUTOCONAZOLE NITRATE
  • FEMSTAT
  • FEMSTAT 3
  • GYNAZOLE-1

Indications and Usage

GYNAZOLE • 1® Butoconazole Nitrate Vaginal Cream USP, 2% is indicated for the local treatment of vulvovaginal candidiasis (infections caused by Candida). The diagnosis should be confirmed by KOH smears and/or cultures (see CLINICAL STUDIES). Note: GYNAZOLE • 1® Butoconazole Nitrate Vaginal Cream USP, 2% is safe and effective in non-pregnant women; however, the safety and effectiveness of this product in pregnant women has not been established (see PRECAUTIONS - Pregnancy).

Dosage and Administration

The recommended dose of GYNAZOLE • 1® Butoconazole Nitrate Vaginal Cream USP, 2% is one applicatorful of cream (approximately 5 grams of the cream) intravaginally. This amount of cream contains approximately 100 mg of butoconazole nitrate.

Contraindications

GYNAZOLE • 1® Butoconazole Nitrate Vaginal Cream USP, 2% is contraindicated in patients with a history of hypersensitivity to any of the components of the product.

Adverse Reactions

Of the 314 patients treated with GYNAZOLE • 1® Butoconazole Nitrate Vaginal Cream USP, 2% for 1 day in controlled clinical trials, 18 patients (5.7%) reported complaints such as vulvar/vaginal burning, itching, soreness and swelling, pelvic or abdominal pain or cramping, or a combination of two or more of these symptoms. In 3 patients (1%) these complaints were considered treatment-related. Five of the 18 patients reporting adverse events discontinued the study because of them.

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