Nizoral Cream should be applied to affected areas once or twice daily (depending on the severity of infection) in patients with tinea corporis, tinea cruris, tinea manus, tinea pedis, cutaneous candidosis and once daily in patients with tinea versicolor. But twice daily in patients with seborrheic dermatitis.
Treatment should be continued for a sufficient period, at least until a few days after disappearance of all symptoms. The diagnosis should be reconsidered if no clinical improvement is noted after 4 weeks of treatment. General measures in regard to hygiene should be observed to control sources of infection or reinfection.
The usual duration of treatment is: Tinea versicolor 2-3 weeks, yeast infections 2-3 weeks, seborrheic dermatitis 2-4 weeks, tinea cruris 2-4 weeks, tinea corporis 3-4 weeks, tinea pedis 4-6 weeks.