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NEOSPORIN
- ALSO KNOWN AS TRIPLE ANTIBIOTIC
- HAS 3 INGREDIENTS THAT FIGHT INFECTION
- GOOD FOR TREATING AND PREVENTING INFECTION
- BEWARE THAT SOME PATIENTS MAY BE ALLERGIC TO ONE OF THE INGREDIENTS
- AN ALLERGY TO NEOMYCIN CAN RESULT IN REDNESS AND IRRITATION THAT MAY MAKE THE WOUND LOOK LIKE IT IS INFECTED
- AVAILABLE AS A GENERIC
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POLYSPORIN
- ALSO KNOWN AS DOUBLE ANTIBIOTIC
- HAS 2 INGREDIENTS THAT FIGHT INFECTION
- NOT AS POTENT FOR SOME TYPES OF INFECTION AS NEOSPORIN, BUT LACKS THE INGREDIENT THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE ALLERGIC TO IN NEOSPORIN
- AVAILABLE AS A GENERIC
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ALCOHOL, PEROXIDE, IODINE, & BETADINE
- ALL ARE MEDICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN USED FOR YEARS FOR CLEANING WOUNDS AND PREVENTING INFECTION
- ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL (RUBBING ALCOHOL) WORKS WELL BUT IT CAN HAVE A DRYING EFFECT THAT MIGHT IRRITATE THE WOUND AND MAKE IT HEAL SLOWER
- HYDROGEN PEROXIDE WORKS TOO BUT IT ALSO HAS THE SAME DRYING EFFECT. IT ALSO SLOWS NEW TISSUE GROWTH.
- IODINE MAY SLOW TISSUE GROWTH TOO AND IT STAINS EVERYTHING IT TOUCHES.
- BETADINE IS ONE OF THE BETTER OPTIONS NOW. IT SLOWLY RELEASES IODINE SO THAT IT DOESN'T DAMAGE TISSUE OR SLOW TISSUE GROWTH. IT ALSO PREVENTS INFECTION AFTER BEING LEFT ON A WOUND.
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