For the use of Registered Medical practitioners

BENOQUIN

Monobenzone Cream USP 20% w/w

Formula :

BENOQUIN CREAM is 20% purified monobenzyl ether of hyquinone (MONOBENZONE CREAM USP) in a special base.

Action and Uses :

BENOQUIN Cream exerts a powerful inhibiting effect on pigment formation in the melanin producing cells of the skin.

BENOQUIN Cream can be used for patients with "Generalised Vitiligo who wish to achieve uniform white colour.

BENOQUIN Cream cannot be expected to treat hyperpigmentation resulting from pigments other than melanin, these include bile, silver, or artificial pigments incorporated into the skin. It has not proven of value in the treatment of cafe au lait sports pigmented nevi, or in malignant melanoma.

Administration :

1 BENOQUIN Cream is rubbed into the desired areas of the skin two or three times daily until desired degree of depigmentation is obtained.

2. Exposing the treated areas to sunlight should be avoided since ultraviolet radiant tends to neutralize the depigmentation action of the drug.

3. Depigmentation is usually observed after one to four months of daily application generally after first month.

4. At times a burning sensation of five to twenty minutes duration may be experienced shortly after application of the Cream. The burning sensation will, as a rule disappear after several weeks of use and does not require discontinuation of therapy.

5. After the desired depigmentation is obtained, apply the cream only as necessary to maintain the results, treatment may be as infrequent as two applications per week.

Cautions :

In some individuals, excessive and irreversible loss of pigmentation may be caused by this preparation. A small number of patients will develop some degree of skin irritation or sensitization ranging from erythema to dermatics, Clinical results do not appear to be affected. Spacing treatments further apart and permitting dermatitis to subside will surface in most instance.

Packaging :

BENOQUIN Cream is supplied in 20 gm. tubes.

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Marketed by: MAC REMEDIES PVT LTD.

101, Om Shri Swati Manor, N.C. Kelkar Road, Dadar (W), Mumbai-400 028. Mfg. By.: Ravi Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd, G.I.D.C., 69/1. Kansari-388 630 Tal.Khambhat, Dist. Anand. (Guj.)