Protopic
Protopic is a skin care medication containing Tacrolimus, available as 0.03/0.1% tubes.
- Category
- Skin Care · Autoimmune Care
- Active ingredient
- Tacrolimus
- Route
- Cutaneous use
- Form
- Ointment
- Strengths
- 0.03/0.1%
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Prescription rules on Protopic vary by country.
Details
- Conditions
- Atopic dermatitis
- Alternative Name
- Prograf, Adoport
- Therapeutic Class
- Calcineurin inhibitor
- Pharmacological Class
- Immunosuppressant
- Minor Side Effects
- application site burning, pruritus, erythema
- Moderate Side Effects
- folliculitis, skin infections, acne
- Dosage Forms
- Ointment
- Administration Route
- Cutaneous use
- Prescription Status
- Prescription medicine
- Originator
- Leo Laboratories
- Onset Time
- 1 week
- Duration
- As directed by physician
- Storage Instructions
- Store below 25°C.
- Age Restrictions
- Not for children under 2 years.
What you will receive
Protopic is the originator brand name, made by Leo Laboratories. We use it here to identify the medicine only; we are not affiliated with Leo Laboratories and do not ship the original Protopic.
- You receive a generic equivalent: the same active ingredient (Tacrolimus) 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.