Hydrogen peroxide, 3% 100 ml

Pharmgroup:

An antiseptic agent.

Pharmaceutical action:

An antiseptic agent of the oxidant group. When in contact with damaged skin or mucous membranes the active oxygen is released, with mechanical cleansing and inactivation of organic substances (proteins, blood, pus).

The antiseptic action is not sterilizing, with its use there is only a temporary reduction in the number of microorganisms.

The abundant foaming promotes thrombosis and stops bleeding from small vessels.

Indications

Active ingredient

Composition

Active substance:

Medical hydrogen peroxide from 7.5 to 11 g (depending on the actual content of hydrogen peroxide in the initial substance is equivalent to the content of hydrogen peroxide 3 g (from 30 to 40%).

How to take, the dosage

Externally, topically.

1-3% solution is used for external application; 0.25% solution for gargling of the mouth and throat, application on mucous membranes (3% solution is diluted with water in 1:11 ratio).

Damaged skin or mucous membranes shall be treated with a cotton or gauze swab soaked with the drug solution. The swabs should be held with tweezers. Jet irrigation of the wound surface is possible.

Interaction

The hydrogen peroxide solution is unstable in an alkaline environment, in the presence of metal salts, complex radicals of some oxidants, as well as in light and heat.

Special Instructions

It is not recommended to use the product under occlusive dressings. Eye contact should be avoided! Do not use for cavity irrigation!

Wound treatment with hydrogen peroxide solution does not guarantee against infection with tetanus and other wound infections.

The 3% solution is used orally in toxicological practice as an antidote (in combination with 3% acetic acid solution) in potassium permanganate poisoning.

Impact on the ability to drive vehicles and mechanisms. No effect.

No special precautions are required when disposing of unused drug.

Contraindications

Hypersensitivity to the components of the drug.

With caution: decompensated liver and kidney diseases, hyperthyroidism, dermatitis herpetiformis.

Side effects

Allergic reactions (rare), burning sensation in the wound area.

Overdose

Symptoms: irritation of upper respiratory tract (burns, laryngo-, bronchospasm); if ingested – irritation of gastrointestinal mucous membranes, hemolysis, hemoglobinuria; lethal dose – about 3 g.

Treatment: gastric lavage with 0.5% sodium thiosulfate solution, sodium bicarbonate solution, intravenous infusion of sodium thiosulfate 30% – up to 300 ml.

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