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A 42-year old asked:
Will nasal mupirocin affect my birth control?
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A 39-year old female asked:
15 weeks oral antibiotics + 4 weeks nasal mupirocin= 5 weeks of tongue thrush. Nystatin failed, troches failed and now Im 7 days into 14 days Diflucan with only about 30% improvement. Should it have cleared more with diflucan? No sugar/alcohol diet?
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A 20-year old male asked:
What can happen is you apply bactroban/mupirocin nasal ointment to the skin?
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A 20-year old male asked:
Can I use bactroban/mupirocin nasal ointment on SKIN wounds? Are the ingridients of the skin cream and nasal ointment the same?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Can I use regular mupirocin in my nose? My pharmacy gave me that instead of mupirocin nasal. Although it's for inside my nose pre-septoplasty surgery.
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A 57-year old male asked:
How do you know if Mupirocin Nasal ointment is causing major side effects? I stop putting it in my nose 4 days ago and I still can smell it in my sinus cavities and it is draining down my throat and making me hoars
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A female asked:
Can I use a qtip to apply bactroban nasal ointment?
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A female asked:
Why does my nose get runny when I use bactroban nasal?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Can bactroban antibacterial nasal ointment thin the skin inside the nose?
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A female asked:
Is it normal to feel like i'm swallowing the bactroban when I use the bactroban nasal ointment?
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A female asked:
When using bactroban nasal ointment, is it necessary to use the entire contents in the tube? Is it ok if some of the ointment is left in the tube?
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A 42-year old female asked:
Pls can u advice me what are medications,used for nasal vestibulitis ?sometimes, septum bleeds,has white patches, tried bactroban without much benefit
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A 17-year old female asked:
Is it safe to use mupirocin 2% in the nose? Even if it doesn't say nasal ointment
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A female asked:
Can I use bactroban nasal ointment while im also using bactroban cream on my face?
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A female asked:
Is it ok to use bactroban nasal ointment if i'm not sure if my nose is colonized with staph?
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A 33-year old female asked:
What is the recommended treatment regime of nasal bactroban that one would use to treat staph?
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A 33-year old female asked:
Where do I need to apply nasal bactroban for it be most effective? Is it just the lower nostril area (where my finger would fit) or higher? How much?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Nose swab tested positive for a gram negative bacilli and cocci colony. This was causing sore outbreaks on face.Took bactroban 2x daily for 10 days. Will bactroban eliminate both? Are these types of nasal colonies recurring? Or should I be fine now?
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A 23-year old male asked:
My right nostril is sore inside and is creating crust. Not sure what's going on in there but using bactroban nasal ointment in it. Will it suffice?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Are recurring non-mrsa staph infections common? If so, should they eventually happen less frequently? Used bactroban for nasal colones, but it continues to recur.
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A 30-year old asked:
On Bactrim (sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim) & Bactroban for nasal foliculitis. Day3: Sore throat and lip ulcers. Bactrim (sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim) switched. Day4: Sane w/ more ulcers. Skip Bactroban tonight?
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A 65-year old female asked:
Mupirocin ointment. How long should I wait to blow my nose after applying this ointment?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Can mupirocin cream be used in the nose?
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A 44-year old asked:
Can bactroban (mupirocin) skin ointment use in the nose?
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A 45-year old male asked:
Red nose from time to time. Tried Mupirocin but didn't work.
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A female asked:
Can bactroban (mupirocin) 5g ointment be applied in the nose?
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A female asked:
Is it ok to use bactroban (mupirocin) cream in nose, not the ointment?
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A 18-year old male asked:
I accidentally inhaled bactroban (mupirocin) while applying it on the inside of my nose. Is it something I should be concerned of?
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A 28-year old female asked:
How far up my nose do I put Mupirocin? It says ointment not for ophthalmic use? But I think I put it up too far because I can taste it now. Is that ok
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A 22-year old male asked:
I have about a week left of using bactroban (mupirocin) cream in my nose.. But I'm starting to get a nasty headcold thats been going around.. Can I still continue use of the product even though I have a headcold?
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