Welcome to the consumer website for ALTABAX (retapamulin ointment), 1%

ALTABAX is a prescription medicine used on the skin to treat an infection called impetigo. People with impetigo may have fluid-filled blisters that ooze and turn into honey-colored crusts. You should contact your health care provider if you think you might have impetigo.

ALTABAX should only be used in adults and children that are 9 months or older.

If you visited our website before, it might not have been clear to you that ALTABAX should only be used to treat impetigo that is caused by 2 types of germs (bacteria). One of these germs is called methicillin- susceptible Staphylococcus aureus and the other one is called Streptococcus pyogenes.

ALTABAX should only be used when your doctor or healthcare provider tells you that you have impetigo and he or she is sure or fairly sure ALTABAX will be able to treat the infection you have. Using ALTABAX this way will help to make sure that ALTABAX and medicines like ALTABAX will be able to treat impetigo infections in the future.

If the skin or area around where you are using ALTABAX becomes sore, red, itchy, or starts to burn, swell, blister, or ooze, you should stop using ALTABAX. You should also wipe off any medicine that is left on your skin and talk to your healthcare provider.

ALTABAX should only be used on the skin. Do not swallow ALTABAX or use it in your eyes, on your mouth or lips, inside your nose, or inside a woman's genital area.

If your infection does not get better in 3 to 4 days after you start using ALTABAX, talk to your healthcare provider. ALTABAX may not be working. You may need a different medicine.

In clinical studies, the most common reaction to ALTABAX was irritation of the skin where ALTABAX was used.

If you would like to read the Product Information for ALTABAX that is written for a healthcare provider,
click here.

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