You may experience mild side effects when using Canesten’s cream or oral treatment. Side effects associated with Canesten’s cream include: Fungal skin infections are easily spread, so make sure you don't share personal items like towels or flannels until the infection has cleared up fully.

People with known sensitivity or allergy to any ingredient of the cream. If you feel you have experienced an allergic reaction, stop using this medicine and get advice from your doctor or pharmacist. Clotrimazole also has an antibacterial action and kills the bacteria that can cause the feet to smell. How do I use Canesten dual action cream?

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Canesten Dual Action Dermatological Spray is specially formulated for treating symptoms of Athlete’s Foot. It provides a cooling spray that eradicates the unpleasantness of redness, itching, and bad smells. The cell membranes of fungi are vital for their survival. They keep unwanted substances from entering the cells and stop the contents of the cells from leaking out. By causing holes to appear in the cell membranes, clotrimazole allows essential constituents of the fungal cells to leak out. This kills the fungi and treats the infection. Irritation in area of use, for example burning, stinging, itching, redness, rash, blistering or peeling. Stop using the cream and consult your doctor or pharmacist if you have a severe reaction to it.

This medicine is not absorbed through the skin into the bloodstream in significant amounts and so is not expected to affect other medicines. Within the Ada symptom assessment tool, you will be asked a series of questions about your health and symptoms to help Ada generate a symptom assessment report. The cream included in this dual treatment contains clotrimazole, an antifungal medication that when applied topically kills the fungi in the affected area. It worksby interfering with the cell membrane of the fungus, causing the cell contents to leak out, destroying the fungus and preventing it from reproducing. This, in addition to the soothing properties of the cream, stops itchiness when applied to the skin. How long does the treatment take to work?Canesten ® is the UK's #1 selling thrush treatment brand*. Canesten ® Thrush Duo is a complete, effective 2-step treatment. Unlike some other products, Canesten ® Thrush Duo treats both the cause and the symptoms of thrush. Includes a convenient oral capsule and a double strength external cream †. Effective for both women and men, the treatment is easy to use at home or on the go and irritating thrush symptoms should begin to calm after first application. Canesten Dual Action acts primarily by damaging the permeability barrier in the cell membrane of fungi. Canesten Dual Action causes inhibition of ergosterol biosynthesis, an essential constituent of fungal cell membranes. If ergosterol synthesis is either completely or partially inhibited, the cell is no longer able to construct an intact and functional cell membrane ,. Because ergosterol directly promotes the growth of fungal cells in a hormone‐like fashion, rapid onset of the above events leads to dose-dependent inhibition of fungal growth . As a spray, this Canesten is useful to cover and treat large, hard to reach areas of the skin. Canesten's Anti-fungal action Clotrimazole has a broad antimycotic spectrum of action in vitro and in vivo, which includes dermatophytes, yeasts, moulds, etc.