Travogen - cream

Travogen is a medicine for treating superficial fungal skin infections, such as athlete's foot, hand infections, groin infections, genital fungal infections and erythrasma (a skin infection caused by a certain type of bacteria).

Application

WHAT IS Travogen Cream AND WHAT IS IT USED FOR?

Travogen is a medicine for treating superficial fungal skin infections, such as athlete's foot, hand infections, groin infections, genital fungal infections and erythrasma (a skin infection caused by a certain type of bacteria). A doctor's prescription is required to treat genital fungal infections.

Travogen is effective against all major fungi that occur on human skin.

How is it used?

What is Travogen Cream and what is it used for?

Travogen is a medicine for treating superficial fungal skin infections, such as athlete's foot, hand infections, groin infections, genital fungal infections and erythrasma (a skin infection caused by a certain type of bacteria).
If you do not feel better or if you feel worse after 4 weeks, contact your doctor.
A doctor's prescription is required to treat genital fungal infections.
Travogen is effective against all major fungi that occur on human skin.

What should you consider before taking it?

What should you consider before using Travogen Cream?

Travogen Cream must not be used

• if you are allergic to isoconazole nitrate or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6).

Warnings and precautions
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before using Travogen Cream. If you are using Travogen Cream, it is important to note the following:

• When using Travogen on the face, make sure that the cream does not come into contact with the eyes.
• For persistent infections between the toes, it is often advisable to place a strip of gauze soaked in Travogen Cream between the toes.
• Careful personal hygiene supports the success of the treatment. The affected skin areas, especially between the toes, must be dried thoroughly after washing and socks or stockings should be changed daily. Shoes should be well ventilated after wearing.
• To prevent re-infection, personal laundry (washcloths, towels, underwear - preferably made of cotton) should be changed daily and boiled.
• If Travogen is used in the genital area, some ingredients may damage latex products, such as condoms and diaphragms, if used at the same time, and thus impair their effectiveness. Contact your doctor or pharmacist if you need more information.

Using Travogen Cream with other medicines
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking/using, have recently taken/used or plan to take/use any other medicines.
No interactions are known. No studies have been conducted to detect interactions.

Pregnancy, breastfeeding and fertility:
If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, or if you suspect you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before using this medicine.
The doctor will decide whether Travogen Cream can be used during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
It is not known whether the active ingredients of Travogen Cream pass into breast milk. A risk to the breast-fed child cannot be ruled out.
If you are breastfeeding and using Travogen Cream on the doctor's orders, you should not use Travogen Cream on the breast area to avoid the child absorbing Travogen Cream.
There is no data on the effect of Travogen Cream on fertility.

Driving and using machines
No influence on the ability to drive and use machines has been observed during treatment with Travogen.

Travogen Cream contains cetyl stearyl alcohol
Cetyl stearyl alcohol can cause local skin reactions (e.g. contact dermatitis).

How should the medicine be taken?

How to use Travogen Cream?

Always use this medicine exactly as described in this leaflet or exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
If not otherwise prescribed by your doctor, follow the dosage exactly.
For application to the skin.
Travogen Cream is applied once a day to the affected skin areas.
For fungal infections, it is generally recommended that local treatment be carried out over a period of 2 – 3 weeks, and for persistent infections (especially if the toes are affected) for 4 weeks. Longer periods of use are also possible if specifically prescribed by a doctor.
To prevent relapses, you should continue treatment for at least 2 weeks after the symptoms have subsided.
Fungal infections are very persistent and long-lasting. To achieve successful treatment, you must use Travogen Cream regularly and follow the recommended hygiene measures (see section 2).

Use in children and adolescents
Data on a limited number of infants, toddlers, children and adolescents do not indicate any negative effects when using Travogen Cream, but a dosage recommendation cannot be given.
If you have used more Travogen Cream than you should If you use too much Travogen Cream once or swallow it by accident, it is not dangerous. Consult your doctor or pharmacist if you are concerned.

If you forget to use Travogen Cream
Do not use double the amount if you forget to use the previous application. If you remember, simply apply the next dose and continue treatment as prescribed.
If you have any further questions on the use of this medicine, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

What side effects are possible?

How to store Travogen Cream?

Do not store above 30°C.
Use within 3 months after opening.
Keep this medicine out of the reach of children.
Do not use this medicine after the expiry date which is stated on the packaging. The expiry date refers to the last day of the month indicated.
Do not dispose of medicines in wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of the medicine when you stop using it. You help to protect the environment.

Special storage instructions

HOW TO STORE Travogen Cream?

Do not store above 30°C.

Use within 3 months after opening.

Keep this medicine out of the reach of children.

Do not use this medicine after the expiry date which is stated on the packaging. The expiry date refers to the last day of the month indicated.

Do not dispose of medicines in wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of the medicine when you stop using it. You help to protect the environment.

Special information on the contents

Contents of the pack and further information

What Travogen Cream contains
The active substance is: isoconazole nitrate (1%).
1 g of cream contains 10 mg of isoconazole nitrate.
1 cm of Travogen Cream contains 2 mg of isoconazole nitrate
The other ingredients are: white petrolatum, liquid paraffin, cetyl stearyl alcohol, polysorbate 60, sorbitan stearate, purified water.

What Travogen Cream looks like and contents of the pack
Travogen Cream is a white to slightly yellowish opaque cream and is available in tubes of
30 g.