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A member asked:
1 clotrimazole cream takes days to treat ringworm?
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2 weeks: Use the lotrimin/ Clotrimazole cream 2x/day x 2 weeks (at least) for maximal effect.
Answered 8/11/2015
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A few weeks: Use it for a few weeks until you can't see the ringworm and continue another 1 week after that. It will also depend on how big the rash/es is/are.
Answered 9/11/2013
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