Calmurid Cream: Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Precautions and Alternates

Quick overview

Calmurid Cream is a moisturising cream containing urea and lactic acid, used to treat dry, rough, scaly skin conditions such as eczema and ichthyosis. It works by hydrating and softening the skin, helping to shed hardened or thickened skin cells. The cream is applied externally, usually twice daily, and may cause mild stinging on damaged or sensitive skin.

What is Calmurid Cream

Calmurid Cream is a moisturising cream containing urea and lactic acid. It is used to treat dry, rough, scaly skin conditions such as eczema.

Calmurid Cream uses

• Moisturising cream for the treatment of dry, rough, scaly skin such as eczema and similar conditions
• Scaling skin disorders such as ichthyosis
• Treats dry, thickened skin
• Softens rough and scaly skin
• Treats skin conditions associated with hyperkeratosis
• Helps moisturize excessively dry skin

Benefits of Calmurid Cream

• Hydrates and softens severely dry, coarse, or chapped skin
• Helps make skin soft and supple
• Lactic acid helps break down and shed hardened or thickened skin cells
• Softens hardened skin
• Improves skin hydration
• Helps remove excessive surface scaling

How Calmurid Cream works

The active ingredients, urea and lactic acid, work as moisturisers that help soften and hydrate the skin.

Calmurid Cream dosage

For external use only. First gently wash and dry the affected areas of your skin. Apply a thick layer over the affected areas and do not rub it in right away. Leave it on your skin for a few minutes, then rub it in gently. Wipe off any extra cream with a tissue instead of washing it off.

Use the cream twice a day, or as your doctor advises, ideally after washing. If using on your feet, soak them in water for about 15 minutes and dry them with a rough towel before applying.

How long you need to use this medicine depends on how quickly your skin condition improves; always follow your doctor's or pharmacist's advice. If you forget to use the cream at the right time, just use it again when you remember, without worry.

Available forms and strengths

• Cream

Side effects of Calmurid Cream

Common

• Stinging or burning, especially if applied to raw, cracked, or damaged skin, or sensitive areas like the mouth and nostrils
• A slight, short-lived odor

Serious

• Signs of a severe allergic reaction such as a rash, with or without itching, swelling of the face, eyelids or lips, and difficulty breathing

Warnings and precautions

• Do not use Calmurid if you are allergic to urea, lactic acid, or any of the other ingredients.
• Avoid contact with the eyes, eyelids, lips, and other mucous surfaces. If this happens by accident, rinse the area with clean water.
• Calmurid may cause stinging if applied to damaged skin (raw cracked areas or cracked skin) or sensitive areas of the body such as the mouth or nostrils.
• Calmurid may interact with other medicines applied to the skin, such as topical corticosteroids, 5-fluorouracil, and dithranol. Tell your doctor or pharmacist about any other medicines you are using.
• Emollient and urea creams can make bathtubs or floors slippery.
• If you are pregnant, think you may be pregnant, or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before using this medicine.
• Do not apply Calmurid Cream to your chest if you are breast-feeding. Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before using this medicine.
• If you have ever had kidney disease, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before using this medicine.
• No specific liver-related dose adjustment is generally required.
• No significant direct interaction with alcohol is expected.
• Does not normally affect driving.

Storage

• Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children
• Do not use this medicine after the expiry date which is stated on the tube and carton. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month
• Do not store above 25°C. Do not refrigerate or freeze
• Do not throw away any medicines via wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to throw away medicines you no longer use

When to see a doctor

• Seek immediate medical attention if you experience symptoms of an allergic reaction, including a rash, swelling of the face, eyelids or lips, or difficulty breathing.
• If you accidentally swallow any of this medicine, seek medical advice.
• You must talk to a doctor if you do not feel better or if you feel worse.

Alternatives

• Urea cream
• Urea + lactic acid cream
• Lactic acid moisturizer