by LV Allen Jr 2024Use: This preparation has been used in the treatment of odor-producing wounds and as a topically applied antibiotic powder. To use it, wet the
Other products also help reduce malodor: wound dressings specifically made to control odor and sprays that help eliminate odors in the environment around the person with a foul-smelling wound. Flagyl 3% gel can be compounded by some pharmacists and applied to a foul smelling wound if other methods for odor control have failed.
Dr. Scholl's Odor-X Ultra Odor Fighting Spray Powder uses powerful odor-fighting ingredients to help eliminate odor in an easy-to-use, effective powder spray.
If wound odor is present, cleanse the wound, treat the cause if possible, and control infection.⁹ Crushed metronidazole (Flagyl) tablets
Orders for topical metronidazole. Suppose you have an order to crush Flagyl (metronidazole) and sprinkle it into the wound bed to help control wound odor. Flagyl is an oral medication; even though drug books say it s safe to crush this medication, they mean it s safe to crush and administer it orally.
All the pharmacists I have talked with about this recommend the Flagyl gel. PO meds in wound beds are off-use, right? But if you do use it, what dosage and how often? Answer: For me, crushing the Flagyl tablets (either 250 or 500mg) and sprinkling onto foul wounds, particularly fungating tumors, has been a marvelous agent! It decreases the odor
Crushed Flagyl for Wound Odor. Metronidazole (Flagyl): Crushing a tablet and applying it to the wound bed can help manage odor, especially when combined with an antimicrobial cream such as Silvadene. Odor Control Strategies in Hospice Care. Several methods can help control the odor in the patient s environment:
topical Metronidazole Powder in Malodorous Control of Metronidazole Management for Malignant Fungating Wound Odor: Nursing Perspective.
Topical metronidazole was reported to result in a reduction or eradication of wound odor, decrease in wound drainage, improvement in wound appearance.
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