Elidel Side Effects

• Burning, stinging, warmth, soreness or redness at the areas where you’ve applied Elidel.
• Warts, growths on skin or bumps.
• Headache
• Cough
• Eye irritation
• Red, stuffy or runny nose
• Nosebleed
• Painful menstrual periods
• Diarrhea
• Itching

• Fever
• Sore throat or red throat
• Flu-like symptoms
• Pain in the ear, discharge or other signs of infection
• Hives
• New or worsening rashes
• Swelling of the face, tongue, throat, lips, hands, feet, eyes, ankles or lower legs
• Difficulty breathing or swallowing
• Crusting, oozing, blistering and other signs of skin infection
• Cold sores
• Chicken pox
• Swollen glands in the neck

Warnings & Recalls for Elidel

• Tell your doctor if you’re allergic to Elidel
• Be sure to tell your doctor what prescriptions and nonprescription medications you are taking as well as vitamins and supplements.  Be sure to mention any of the following: antifungals such as fluconazole (Diflucan), itraconazole (Sporanox), and ketoconazole (Nizoral); calcium channel blockers such as diltiazem (Cardizem, Dilacor, Tiazac, others), and verapamil (Calan, Isoptin, Verelan); cimetidine (Tagamet); clarithromycin (Biaxin); cyclosporine (Neoral, Sandimmune); danazol (Danocrine); delavirdine (Rescriptor); erythromycin (E.E.S., E-Mycin, Erythrocin); fluoxetine (Prozac, Sarafem); fluvoxamine (Luvox); HIV protease inhibitors such as indinavir (Crixivan), and ritonavir (Norvir); isoniazid (INH, Nydrazid); metronidazole (Flagyl); nefazodone; oral contraceptives (birth control pills); other ointments, creams, or lotions; troleandomycin (TAO); and zafirlukast (Accolate).
• Tell your doctor if you’ve ever had Netherton’s syndrome, redness or peeling of the skin, any skin disease, skin infection, chicken pox, shingles, herpes, or eczema herpeticum.  Be sure to tell your doctor if your eczema rashes have turned crusty or blistered or if you think that your rashes are infected.
• Be sure to tell your doctor if you are pregnant, plan on being pregnant or are nursing.  If you become pregnant while taking Elidel, tell your doctor.
• Be sure to tell your doctor if you drink alcohol during your Elidel treatment. Your face might become flushed, red or feel hot if you drink alcohol while taking Elidel.
• Avoid exposure to chicken pox, shingles and other viruses while taking Elidel.
• Tell your doctor what moisturizers you’re taking.
• Be sure to protect your skin from real or artificial lighting during your treatment with Elidel.  Be sure not to use sun lamps, tanning beds and do not undergo ultraviolet light therapy.  Be sure to stay out of sunlight as much as possible during your Elidel treatment, even when its not on your skin.

Elidel Treatment and Use

Elidel | Pimecrolimus is used to control symptoms of eczema for patients who cannot use any other drug except for Elidel or patients whose symptoms cannot be controlled by any other medication.  The drug classification of Elidel is that of a topical calcineurin inhibitor and comes in the form of a cream.  Its purpose is to stop the immune system from the production of substances that lead to eczema.  It has also been proven effective in a variety of other inflammatory skin diseases such as seborrheic dermatitis, cutaneous lupus erythematosus, oral lichen planus, vitiligo and psoriasis.  In the US, it is marketed by the company Novartis.

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