Efudex
Efudex is a skin care medication containing Fluorouracil, available as 1/5% tubes.
- Active ingredient
- Fluorouracil
- Route
- Cutaneous use
- Form
- Cream
- Strengths
- 1/5%
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Prescription rules on Efudex vary by country.
Details
- Conditions
- Actinic keratosis · Basal cell carcinoma
- Alternative Name
- Efudix
- Therapeutic Class
- Antineoplastic agent
- Pharmacological Class
- Antimetabolite
- Known Off-label Uses
- viral warts
- Minor Side Effects
- burning, stinging, erythema, pruritus
- Moderate Side Effects
- erosions, ulceration, dermatitis
- Dosage Forms
- Cream
- Administration Route
- Cutaneous use
- Prescription Status
- Prescription medicine
- Originator
- Viatris
- Onset Time
- 2–4 weeks
- Duration
- 3–6 weeks
- Storage Instructions
- Store between 15°C and 25°C.
What you will receive
Efudex is the originator brand name, made by Viatris. We use it here to identify the medicine only; we are not affiliated with Viatris and do not ship the original Efudex.
- You receive a generic equivalent: the same active ingredient (Fluorouracil) at the same dose, mostly recognised Indian branded generics from vetted manufacturers.
- The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock at the dispatching warehouse.
- A regulated generic matches the original ingredient for ingredient by legal standard.