My 9 year old granddaughter got a sunburn on Thursday and it is Saturday and the burn has blisters still forming. Can I use the Silver Sulfadiazine on the burn? This was prescribed to her for skin irritation about a year ago.
Can Silver Sulfadiazine (1%) be used on sunburn?
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- 19 Jun 2010 by judytufts
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- sunburn, silver sulfadiazine, sulfadiazine, silver
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suzanne6627 Jun 2010
Silver Sulfadiazine is used to prevent infections on areas of burned skin.
It should only be used for sunburn on your doctors recommendation.
Read more: http://www.drugs.com/mtm/silver-sulfadiazine-topical.htm
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