Lapis pencil is an antiseptic remedy for skin erosion, ulcers, cracks

Description

Lapis pencil is an antiseptic remedy for skin erosion, ulcers, cracks of the skin.
Dosage form
Solid pencil from white to white with a grayish tinge of color, conical shape, with a rounded top, odorless.
Composition
Active substance: Silver nitrate - 0.18 g
Auxiliary substance: Potassium nitrate - 0.37 g
General description
Antiseptic agent.
Drug interaction
Incompatible with organic substances, chlorides, bromides, and iodides.
Pharmacodynamics
Lapis pencil is an antiseptic silver-containing drug used externally for the treatment of skin diseases.
The active substance of the Lapis pencil is silver nitrate, which has a cauterizing, necrotizing tissue and bactericidal effect. The mechanism of action of the drug is the ability of silver to suppress the vital activity of microorganisms, which prevents the development of inflammatory processes in damaged tissues. The therapeutic effect of the Lapis pencil from warts is due to the cauterizing effect.
Cauterizing, bactericidal.
Indications
Erosions, ulcers, cracks in the skin.
Contraindications
Hypersensitivity to the components of the drug.
Side effects
Allergic reactions.