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Medicine
Allantoin
Helps prevent and temporarily protect and help relieve chafed, chapped, or cracked skin.
Selected manufacturer label information, organised into consistent sections by Sofidex. Read the full label at DailyMed ↗
Drug facts
- Used for
- Helps prevent and temporarily protect and help relieve chafed, chapped, or cracked skin.
- How to take it
- Apply as needed
- Do not take if
- Deep puncture wounds
- Animal bites
- Serious burns
What it is used for
- Temporarily protects and helps relieve chapped or cracked skin
What it does
Skin Protectant
How to take it
- Apply as needed
While you are taking it
- Do not get into eyes
Side effects, and when to stop
- Condition worsens
- Symptoms last more than 7 days or clear up and occur again within a few days
Who should not take it
- Deep puncture wounds
- Animal bites
- Serious burns
Warnings
- For external use only
Keeping it away from children
If swallowed, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away (1-800-222-1222).
Cite this page
- NLM
sofidex [Internet]. Daloreum; c2026. Allantoin; [reviewed 2026 Aug 2; cited 2026 Nov 10]. Available from: https://sofidex.com/patients/medicines/allantoin
- APA 7th
sofidex. (2026, August 2). Allantoin. Daloreum. Retrieved November 10, 2026, from https://sofidex.com/patients/medicines/allantoin
- AMA 11th
Allantoin. sofidex. Reviewed August 2, 2026. Accessed November 10, 2026. https://sofidex.com/patients/medicines/allantoin
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