Tenutex 20 mg/g + 225 mg/g cutaneous emulsion Disulfiram/Benzyl Benzoate
What Tenutex Is And What It Is Used For
Tenutex is a parasiticide against head lice, flat lice, and scabies. Tenutex has a parasite-killing effect.
Disulfiram and benzyl benzoate found in Tenutex may also be approved to treat other conditions not mentioned in this product information. Ask your doctor, pharmacist, or another healthcare professional if you have further questions, and always follow their instructions.
What You Need To Know Before Using Tenutex
Do Not Use Tenutex
- If you are allergic to
- Disulfiram
- Benzyl benzoate, or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6).
- If you are allergic to organic sulfur compounds in vulcanized rubber.
Warnings And Precautions
Talk to a doctor or nurse before using Tenutex to treat flat lice or scabies. A diagnosis must be made before treatment is started, as itching may have other causes that require different treatments.
- Consider the following before using Tenutex:
- Avoid contact with eyes.
- Tenutex can cause yellowing or a certain lingering smell in certain textiles. Therefore, always use non-sore clothes and textiles in connection with the treatment. Also protect carpets, floors, etc.
- Stain removal advice: The stains should be treated as soon as possible, which can be suggested as follows:
- Use stain remover, if the material allows it.
- Wash with detergent in the usual way, preferably in a machine
Children
When treating children under 1 year of age, a doctor should always be consulted.
Pregnancy And Breastfeeding
If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, think you may be pregnant, or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before using this medicine.
Consult a doctor for treatment other than head lice. There is only limited experience of use during pregnancy.
It is unknown if Tenutex cream passes into breast milk.
Driving Ability And Use Of Machinery
Tenutex has no or negligible effect on the ability to drive and use machines.
Tenutex Contains Cetostearyl Alcohol
which can cause local skin reactions (e.g. contact dermatitis).
How To Tenutex Cream Uses
Always use this medicine exactly as described in this leaflet or as directed by your doctor, pharmacist, or nurse. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you are unsure.
Accurate diagnostics, contact tracing, and well-executed treatment are of great importance for a successful outcome.
HEAD LICE
In the case of head lice, the whole family should be examined, but treat only the people who have lice or eggs near the scalp. The examination requires a louse comb and magnifying glass. As the agent is potent and reduces the risk of developing resistance, treatment should be avoided “just in case”.
Part the towel-dried hair in the middle and place a strand of Tenutex in the part. Massage out towards the sides. Add new legs to the right and left and drench the hair (consumption depending on hair length, 25-75g) from the inside out – it is at the scalp that the lice live and lay eggs. Avoid getting Tenutex cream near the eyes. Wash and comb your hair after a day.
To get rid of the lice, treatment is usually required twice with Tenutex Cutaneous Emulsion, 8 days apart, in combination with daily careful combing of the hair. Fine comb and inspect hair daily for 14 days after treatment.
If desired, you can wear a knitted cap or similar over your hair during the treatment period – but not an airtight one, such as a swimming cap or plastic bag. Since infection mainly occurs through head-to-head contact, there is no need for extensive cleaning and cleaning of objects. However, cleaning of combs, brushes, and caps is recommended.
Lack of effect may be due to incorrect treatment, re-infection, or resistance. Children who have recently been infected and adults with lice often have no symptoms, and can therefore be an important source of infection. Note that it takes a while for the lice to die, which is why finding live lice immediately after treatment does not have to be a sign of resistance.
Contact healthcare if repeated treatment attempts fail.
FLAWLESS
Talk to a doctor or nurse before using Tenutex to treat flat lice.
Massage the chest, armpits, and other hairy areas of the body (e.g. legs) with Tenutex. As a rule, the head hair does not need to be treated, but should the lice appear there, it is treated as for head lice. Tenutex must not be used around the eyes. In the case of flat lice in eyelashes, a doctor should therefore be contacted. Wait with all body washes for 2 days after the Tenutex treatment.
SCABIES
Talk to a doctor or nurse before using Tenutex to treat scabies.
- Thorough body wash. Dry well.
- Carefully massage the whole body – except the head – with Tenutex (50-60 g). Only on babies does the head also need to be treated, avoid getting Tenutex near the eyes. Avoid excessive rubbing. ATTENTION! Don’t forget to lubricate the soles of your feet and between your toes and fingers. Every square millimeter of the body must be covered by the ointment for 24 hours.
- Wait a day with all body wash. Use rubber gloves, which are then thrown away, when doing dishes and other wet work. Lubricate your hands again with Tenutex cream after work and also after each hand wash.
- Wash the body thoroughly 1 day after the treatment. Change all clothing closest to the body, change bed linen, all towels, bath towels, etc. All textiles and shoes that have been in close contact with the body must be washed or aired for 3-5 days.
- In severe cases of scabies, the treatment (according to points 1-4) is repeated after a week.
If you have any further questions about this medicine, ask your doctor, pharmacist, or nurse.
If You Have Used Too Much Tenutex
If you have used too much medicine or if, for example, a child has ingested the medicine by mistake, contact a doctor or hospital for an assessment of the risk and advice.
Possible Tenutex Side Effects
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
Contact healthcare immediately if you experience the following side effects:
Severe allergic reaction with symptoms such as
- Fever
- Rash
- Swelling
- Drop in blood pressure ( anaphylactic reaction )
This side effect has been reported (occurring in an unknown number of users).
Other Tenutex side effects are
Uncommon (occurs in more than 1 in 1,000 users):
- Hypersensitivity reaction eg
- Skin redness
- Skin rash
- Burning
- Hair loss
- Discoloration of blond hair has been reported
Rare (affects less than 1 in 1,000 users):
- Allergic skin reactions to organic sulfur compounds.
How Tenutex Should Be Stored
- Store in a refrigerator (2°C – 8°C). Can, however, be stored outside the refrigerator (up to 25°C), for up to 24 hours.
- Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children.
- Use before the expiry date stated on the tube. The expiration date is the last day of the specified month.
Medicines must not be thrown into the drain or among the household waste. Ask the pharmacist how to dispose of medicines that are no longer used. These measures will help to protect the environment.
Contents Of The Packaging And Other Information
Contents Declaration
1 g of cutaneous emulsion:
- The active substances are disulfiram 20 mg and tenutex benzyl benzoate
- 225 mg.
- Other ingredients are cocoa fat, stearic acid, trolamine, cetostearyl alcohol, eucalyptus oil, and water.
Appearance And Package Sizes Of The Medicine
White to the yellow-white cutaneous emulsion.
Holders of Approved For Sale And Manufacturers
Bioglan AB
Box 503 10
202 13 Malmö