Amorolfine Nail Lacquer is a medicated and topical antifungal solution for mild nail infections. It’s applied like nail polish once a week.
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Amorolfine 5% Nail Lacquer is an antifungal solution that you apply once a week to the top of the affected nails. It’s generally used for mild cases of fungal nail infections (also called ‘onychomycosis’). It contains the active ingredient amorolfine which kills dermatophytes, yeasts and moulds.
When you get an infection like this, the fungus appears under the nail and affects the tips and sides of the nail. This results in discolouration (usually yellow or brown), and thickened or brittle nails.
Amorolfine Nail Lacquer can treat up to two superficially infected nails when applied once a week.
Amorolfine is a generic version of Loceryl and Curanail and is available over the counter (without a prescription) in quantities of less than 5ml. If you need more than this, you’ll neeed a prescription for it.
How does Amorolfine work?
Amorolfine Nail Lacquer is applied like nail polish on the affected area. It contains an antifungal medicine and belongs to a chemical class called morpholine. The antifungal properties kill fungi by altering the fungal cell membrane when it penetrates the nail bed. It does this by stopping the fungi from producing ergosterol, which the cells need to stay together. When the fungi can’t produce erogosterol, this causes holes in the cell membrane, and stops the fungi from growing and spreading.
What doses of Amorolfine are available?
Amorolfine Nail Lacquer is only available as a 5% solution. You can get 3ml of Amorolfine without a prescription, and 1ml of lacquer contains 55.74mg of amorolfine hydrochloride (which is approximately 50mg of amorolfine). If you need more than 3ml, you can get it in 5ml bottles, but you’ll need a prescription for this.
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How to use Amorolfine Nail Lacquer
Amorolfine Nail Lacquer is easy to use and your clinician will instruct you on how to use it as well. Apply the lacquer to your nail, like nail polish, once a week.
File the nail. Using the file provided, file the surface and affected nail area.
Clean the nail. Using the alcohol cleaning pad, sterilise and cleanse the surface of the nail.
Apply the lacquer. Using the applicator, apply the lacquer to the entire affected nail.
Allow to dry. Wait 10 minutes first before applying any cosmetic nail polish.
Clean the applicator. Use the same cleaning pad from before to wipe the applicator.
Before applying the solution again, you should remove any cosmetic polish.
Does Amorolfine Nail Lacquer work?
When you use Amorolfine according to the instructions, the infection generally will clear up within 6-12 months depending on the severity of the fungi. There have been various studies on the effectiveness of Amorolfine Nail Lacquer against superficial fungal nails. One study found that amorolfine was absorbed through the nail more quickly than tioconazole and ciclopirox. Even after eight hours, there were still remnants of amorolfine on the nail showing it hadn’t been affected by soaps.
Amorolfine 5% Nail Lacquer is the first choice for the effective treatment of mild fungal nail infections. In two separate studies, after 6-9 months, 60-90% of patients with infected nails responded well to the treatment and showed no signs of a fungus.
How long will it take before my nail is healed?
If you use Amorolfine 5% Nail Lacquer as instructed, you may see a full recovery of your nail in as little as 6 months for fingernails and 9-12 months for toenails. Nails tend to grow slowly so it may take 2-3 months before you start to see an improvement.
Are there any side effects?
In rare cases, Amorolfine Nail Lacquer can cause side effects such as nail damage or discolouration. Some people may experience a very rare skin reaction or burning sensation. If you experience any of these side effects or allergic reactions, then you should stop using Amorlofine and speak to your doctor as soon as you can.
When we present you with stats, data, opinion or a consensus, we’ll tell you where this came from. And we’ll only present data as clinically reliable if it’s come from a reputable source, such as a state or government-funded health body, a peer-reviewed medical journal, or a recognised analytics or data body. Read more in our editorial policy.
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FAQ: Amorolfine Nail Lacquer
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Is Amorolfine similar to any other fungal nail treatments?
Answer:
Loceryl (or Curanail) is the branded version of Amorolfine and so contains the same ingredient and works in the same way. It’ll cost slightly more due to it being a branded medicine but may be more widely available than the generic version.
Tioconazole (Trosyl) is also a nail lacquer to help treat fungal infections. You apply it in the same way as Amorolfine but also around the skin of the affected area. Tioconazole is only on prescription.
Terbinafine (also called Lamisil) comes as tablets, a spray, gel, and cream and is used to treat a variety of fungal infections. The tablets are for fungal nail infections and serious cases of athlete’s foot.
So if you try Amorolfine Nail Lacquer and it doesn’t work well for you, there are plenty of other nail fungal treatment options available.
Can I buy Amorolfine Nail Lacquer over the counter?
Answer:
You can get 3ml bottles of Amorolfine Nail Lacquer without a prescription. But you’ll need a prescription to get the 5ml bottle. It’s probably best to speak to clinician in any case to check the severity of your infection, because this will determine how much treatment you need.
Are there other brands of Amorolfine Nail Lacquer?
Answer:
You can get Amorolfine as branded treatments too. Loceryl, Curanail and Schollmed contain the same ingredient and work in the same way. The main difference between generic and branded versions is the price of the treatment.
Some supermarkets and high street pharamcies also have their own branded versions of Amorolfine.
Why should I buy Amorolfine Nail Lacquer online with Treated?
Answer:
Fungal nail infections can be tough to manage, especially if left untreated. We want to make sure getting treatment is quick and easy. Just fill out our questionnaire about your health, we’ll show you some options and you can choose the one you want.
As fungal nail treatment can last up to 12 months, we’ll also check that you’ll never run out of your medication. We’ll notify you when you’re running low, and as long as you’re happy, send out your next prescription – there’s no need to book a doctor’s appointment or make the trip to the pharmacy.
“A randomized comparison of nail surface remanence of three nail lacquers, containing amorolfine 5%, ciclopirox 8% or tioconazole 28%, in healthy volunteers.” International journal of tissue reactions vol. 26,1-2 (2004): 17-24.
Gg Lestringant, H Nsanze, M Nada, Ma Usmani, Ra Micallef, A Montague & Pm Frossard (1996)
Effectiveness of amorolfine 5% nail lacquer in the treatment of long-duration Candida onychomycosis with chronic paronychia, Journal of Dermatological Treatment, 7:2, 89-92, DOI: 10.3109/09546639609089536
"Amorolfine vs. ciclopirox – lacquers for the treatment of onychomycosis." Advances in Dermatology and Allergology, vol. 32, no. 1, 2015, pp. 40-45, https://doi.org/10.5114/pdia.2014.40968. Accessed 16 Dec. 2022.
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