Nerisone Dosage/Direction for Use

Always use this medicine exactly as the doctor or pharmacist has told to. Check with them if unsure.
For topical application.
If not prescribed otherwise by the doctor, the dosage is as follows: At the beginning of treatment, Nerisone fatty ointment is applied thinly twice or, perhaps, three times per day. Once the clinical picture has improved, one application per day usually suffices.
Adults should not be treated for more than 3 weeks.
Application over a large area (more than 10% of the body surface) should not last more than one week.
Children and adolescents: In children, Nerisone fatty ointment should not be used for more than 2 weeks and only on small areas (<10% of the body surface).
The use under occlusive dressing (see as follows) should be avoided in children.
Safety and efficacy of Nerisone fatty ointment in infants up to 23 months is not proven. There are no adequate data.
Glucocorticoid therapy should only be applied as long as necessary to obtain and maintain the desired therapeutic effect with the lowest effective dose.
Occlusive dressing (impermeable dressing): Nerisone fatty ointment should not be used under occlusive conditions (patches etc.). An occlusive dressing may be called for in unusually refractory cases after advise of the doctor. In this case, it should be managed as follows: After application of the fatty ointment, the area under treatment should be covered with a plastic film which should then be fixed firmly all around the healthy skin by means of adhesive plaster. Plastic gloves can be used to occlude the hands.
The dressing should be kept in place for as long as can be expected or as the doctor decides, but generally not for longer than 24 hours. If the occlusive treatment is expected to be prolonged, it is advisable to change the dressing every 12 hours.
If an infection develops under the dressing, occlusive treatment must be terminated.
In many cases, the so-called tandem therapy is useful, i.e. the application of Nerisone fatty ointment once a day and the application of a suitable external free of active ingredients.