Indications

As part of the complex therapy of inflammatory diseases of the musculoskeletal system: rheumatoid arthritis, Bechterew's disease, deforming osteoarthritis (in the presence of damage to periarticular tissues); with arthropathy, sprain of tendons with bruises, with traumatic infiltrates, acute and chronic osteomyelitis, streptoderma, purulent wounds, abscesses.

It is also used in skin plastic surgery for engraftment of transplanted skin auto- and homografts, as well as for preservation of skin homografts.

Dosage and administration

Used in the form of aqueous solutions (30-50% concentration) for compresses, tampons.

Gauze napkins moistened with a solution of dimexide are applied to damaged areas, capturing nearby healthy skin areas, once a day for 20-30 minutes. A plastic film and cotton or linen fabric are applied on top of the napkin.

With diffuse streptoderma, compresses with a 40-90% solution of Dimexide are recommended.

For pustular skin diseases, a 40% solution is used.

In skin plastic surgery, dressings with a 10-20% solution of the drug are used on transplanted skin auto- and homografts immediately after surgery and in the following days of the postoperative period until the graft is firmly engrafted.

As a preservative for the storage of skin homografts, a 5% solution of the drug in Ringer's solution is used.