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A 31-year old asked:

How fast can bacitracin heal minor scrapes?

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A 35-year old asked:

Can I buy bacitracin ointment OTC?

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A member asked:

Is bacitracin the same as neosporin?

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A 31-year old asked:

Are bacitracin and neosporin the same?

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A 39-year old asked:

Can i use bacitracin on a new piercing?

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A 43-year old asked:

If allergic to metal can i use bacitracin?

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A 31-year old asked:

Is it ok to use bacitracin and neosporin together?

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A 23-year old female asked:

Can a BACITRACIN OINTMENT WORK ON A FUNGAI INFECTION ?

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A 47-year old asked:

What are the side effects of bacitracin 800 mg tablets?

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A 37-year old asked:

Is it okay to put bacitracin on my surgery area after stitches are removed?

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A 33-year old male asked:

I wascircumcised yday,what am i to do?,can i shower the regular way?,should i change the gauze while i shower?,how can i apply bacitracin w/ gauze on?

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A 35-year old asked:

Will bacitracin help a pimple?

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A 39-year old asked:

Why use bactroban (mupirocin) over bacitracin?

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A member asked:

Why use bactroban (mupirocin) over bacitracin?

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A 44-year old asked:

Is bacitracin to be applied even after scab removed?

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A 40-year old asked:

Is bacitracin to be applied before or after scab removed?

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A 41-year old asked:

What is better to put on a small wound infection, neosporin or bacitracin?

1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

A 19-year old male asked:

I got circumsised yesterday and the doctor gave me bacitracin, do i put the ointment of the cut circle around the penis?

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A 35-year old asked:

Does bacitracin ointment need prescription?

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A 36-year old asked:

Bacitracin opthalmic, do I need prescription?

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A 68-year old female asked:

Will bacitracin help nasal (oxymetazoline) polyps?

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A 35-year old asked:

What happens if children swallow bacitracin ointment.?

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A 40-year old asked:

Are both bacitracin ointment & bacitracin zinc ointment the same?

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A 32-year old asked:

Is it okay to put bacitracin zinc on folliculitis on the vagina area?

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A 44-year old asked:

My son has perpetual pinkish lesions on his elbow that he picks. Thought MRSA but peds said just use bacitracin. What is it?

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A 22-year old female asked:

I have been putting polysporin (bacitracin and polymyxin) on a burn for the past 3-4 days. Just realized it expired in 2007/2008. Is this in any way dangerous?

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A female asked:

I was bitten and scratched by a cat about an hour ago on my hand. Is some swelling normal or indicate infection? i poured peroxide on the wounds and then applied lots of bacitracin. I am concerned that these punctures and scratches are a little swollen, a

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A 39-year old asked:

What is bacitracin zinc used for? Can it help acne?

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A 33-year old asked:

I want to put antibiotic cream (neosporin, bacitracin) on earring hole to help infection go away but will it clog it?

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A member asked:

Is bactroban (mupirocin) the same as bacitacin? I got a new tattoo an was recomended to use bacitracin, but I hace bactroban (mupirocin)

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