Uses, Dosage & Side Effects: Carac Cream

Carac Cream

Generic namefluorouracil
Drug classTopical antineoplastics (antimetabolite)
FormsCream

Carac Cream is a prescription cream used by adults to treat pre-cancerous skin spots called actinic or solar keratosis on the face and front of the scalp. It is also used for a type of early skin cancer called superficial basal cell carcinoma.

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