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Clotrimazole is a topical cream you apply to your skin. It’s effective at treating fungal infections including ringworm, jock itch and tinea versicolor.
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Clotrimazole cream is an antifungal treatment that works against fungal skin infections. It’s commonly used to treat ringworm and jock itch. It also treats tinea versicolor.
It’s a topical cream, so you rub it into your skin where the signs of infection are and it kills off the fungal cells causing the infection. This gets rid of your symptoms.
The active ingredient in Clotrimazole cream, clotrimazole, is a type of medication called an imidazole. It works by damaging the membrane of the fungus cell and blocking their ability to make a substance called ergosterol. Ergosterol keeps the fungus cells alive and helps them multiply.
By damaging the fungus cells and stopping them from multiplying, Clotrimazole cream is effective against fungal infections of the skin. Your immune system can then kill off the remaining damaged fungus cells to end the infection.
Clotrimazole cream contains 1% of the active ingredient, so each gram of cream contains 10mg of clotrimazole. You will usually apply the cream two or three times a day for at least two weeks. How often and how long you use Clotrimazole for will depend on what type of infection you have and how bad your symptoms are.
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Always use Clotrimazole cream exactly as your clinician tells you.
Clotrimazole cream should start reducing the itching and soreness within a few days. Other symptoms like redness and scaliness may take longer to disappear. If you’re using it for tinea versicolor, your skin pigmentation should return to normal in a few weeks. It’s important to keep using Clotrimazole for as long as your clinician says, even if your symptoms get better. This will stop the infection from coming back.
Don’t apply Clotrimazole cream to cracked or broken skin, as it may cause discomfort and a burning sensation. If you forget to use Clotrimazole, just apply it as soon as you remember. If it’s nearly time for your next application, just skip the missed one and continue with your treatment. Don’t use more Clotrimazole cream than usual to make up for forgetting some.
If you apply too much Clotrimazole cream, just wash off the extra. Not a lot of Clotrimazole cream is absorbed into your system from your skin, so there shouldn’t be any adverse effects. Be careful not to swallow Clotrimazole cream or get it in your eyes or mouth. If you do, wash out the area and seek medical attention.
How we source info.
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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Comparative efficacy of topical application of tacrolimus and clotrimazole in the treatment of pityriasis versicolor: A single blind, randomised clinical trial. Mycoses, 60(5), 338–342.
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