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What is the generic name?
SILVER NITRATE APPLICATORS
What is the Trade Name for SILVER NITRATE APPLICATORS?
Silver Nitrate Applicators
What are the Indications for SILVER NITRATE APPLICATORS?
- INDICATIONS On the skin, applications of silver nitrate are recommended for cauterization of wounds and sluggish ulcers, also for removal of granulation tissue and warts. On mucous membranes, silver nitrate may be applied to small ulcers and aphthae in the mouth resulting from injury or stomatitis, to infected tonsils, to rectal fissures and fistulae, and to vaginal or cervical ulcerations or erosions. Epistaxis may be controlled by direct application to the site of hemorrhage within the nostrils.
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