What is bacitracin, neomycin, and polymyxin B?
Bacitracin, neomycin, and polymyxin B are antibiotics that kill bacteria on your skin.
The combination of bacitracin, neomycin, and polymyxin B topical (for the skin) is used to treat and prevent infections in minor cuts, scrapes, or burns on your skin.
This medication may also be used for other purposes not listed in this medication guide.
What is the most important information I should know about bacitracin, neomycin, and polymyxin B?
Call your doctor if your skin condition does not improve after using this medication for 1 week, or if your symptoms get worse.
Call your doctor at once if you have swelling, redness, itching, pus, or other signs of infection. Also tell your doctor if you feel any numbness or tingling while using this medication.
Do not apply the ointment over large skin areas. Do not use on a deep cut, an animal bite, or a serious burn. Call your doctor for instructions on how to treat these more severe skin injuries.
Avoid applying other creams, lotions, ointments, or other medicated skin products to the same areas you treat with bacitracin, neomycin, and polymyxin B.
What should I discuss with my health care provider before using bacitracin, neomycin, and polymyxin B?
You should not use this medication if you are allergic to bacitracin, neomycin, or polymyxin B.
Before using this medication, tell your doctor if you have any drug allergies.
FDA pregnancy category C. It is not known whether bacitracin, neomycin, and polymyxin B is harmful to an unborn baby. Before using this medication, tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during treatment.
It is not known if this medicine passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing baby. Do not use this medication without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.