What is silver sulfadiazine cream used for?

Silver sulfadiazine cream is used to prevent and treat wound infections in patients with second- and third-degree burns. Patients with severe burns or burns over a large area of the body must be treated in a hospital. Silver sulfadiazine is an antibiotic. It works by killing the bacteria or preventing its growth.

How long does silver sulfadiazine cream take to work?

Tell your doctor or health care professional if your skin condition does not begin to get better within 3 to 5 days. This medicine can make you more sensitive to the sun.

What are the side effects of SSD cream?

Side Effects

• Back, leg, or stomach pains.
• blistering, peeling, or loosening of the skin.
• blue-green to black skin discoloration.
• fever with or without chills.
• general body swelling.
• increased sensitivity of the skin to sunlight, especially in patients with burns on large areas.
• intense itching of burn wounds.

What bacteria does Silvadene cover?

Silver sulfadiazine has broad antimicrobial activity. It is bactericidal for many gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria as well as being effective against yeast.

Does SSD cream turn skin black?

Silver sulfadiazene cream (Silvadene®) does indeed turn black as the silver ion oxidizes. However, the black pigments are not incorporated into the healing skin. Permanent skin discoloration is not from using silver sulfadizene on burn wounds. As healing skin matures, melanocytes, the cells that produce pigment return.

Does Silvadene speed healing?

Negative-pressure wound therapy accelerates the healing of contaminated wounds, especially when silver is used as an adjunct. For burns, silver sulfadiazine slows healing and should not be used.

Can you use too much Silvadene?

An overdose of silver sulfadiazine topical is not expected to be dangerous. Seek emergency medical attention or call the Poison Help line at 1-800-222-1222 if anyone has accidentally swallowed the medication.

Can Silvadene make a wound worse?

If a wound worsens after starting treatment with silver sulfadiazine, with increased pain, exudate, and perilesional redness, it may be clinically suspected. This adverse effect is confirmed by epicutaneous tests (patch test).

Can I buy Silvadene cream over the counter?

If you do need a topical antibiotic, silver sulfadiazine (Silvadene) is great but requires a prescription.

Is there an over the counter equivalent to Silvadene?

(Generic Ssd) Silver Sulfadiazine is available in both prescription (Silvadene) and over-the-counter (Hydrogel AG) wound-care products. The pharmacy price of Silver Sulfadiazine is $30.69 for 1, 50GM of 1% Cream, but with SingleCare’s Silver Sulfadiazine coupon, it costs only $1.63.

What can I use instead of Silvadene cream?

Silvadene Cream 1% (silver sulfadiazine) and bacitracin are antibiotics used to treat or prevent infections on areas of burned skin. Bacitracin is also used to prevent minor skin infections caused by small cuts or scrapes. A brand name for bacitracin is Baciguent.

What can I use instead of silver sulfadiazine?

Chlorhexidine — Chlorhexidine gluconate (table 1), a long-lasting antimicrobial skin cleanser, is often used with a gauze dressing for burn wound coverage in superficial partial-thickness burns. Chlorhexidine dressings do not interfere with wound reepithelialization, in contrast to silver sulfadiazine [1].