Betadine external solution 10%, 1000 ml

Betadine is a medicine with a role in the treatment of wounds and burns on the skin and in the removal of bacterial infections.

What is Betadine and what is it used for
Betadine contains povidone iodine, which is a broad-spectrum antiseptic substance, acting against bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa (single-celled organisms).

Betadine is used in:
- skin disinfection before injections, transfusions, perfusions, collection of blood samples, punctures, biopsies;
- preoperative disinfection of the skin and mucous membranes (partial or total - preoperative baths);
- asepsis of wounds, including skin burns;
- adjuvant in bacterial and fungal skin infections;
- ophthalmological interventions, preoperatively, in the form of diluted Betadine solution.

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Therapeutic indications

- preoperative disinfection of skin and mucous membranes - partial or total - preoperative baths -;

- asepsis of wounds, including skin burns;

- adjuvant in fungal and bacterial skin infections;

- disinfection of the skin before injections, transfusions, perfusions, collection of blood samples, punctures, biopsies;

- preoperatively in ophthalmological interventions in the form of Betadine diluted solution.

Contraindications

- if you suffer from hyperthyroidism or other acute thyroid conditions;

- if you have Duhring's dermatitis herpetiformis;

- if you develop hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the other components of the medicine;

- before and after treatment with radioactive iodine, to avoid hyperthyroidism.