Articles: Sodium thiosulfate

SODIUM THIOSULFATE, USP, IS INTENDED FOR PARENTERAL USE IN TREATMENT OF CYANIDE POISONING, BUT IT MAY BE APPLIED TO SKIN IN VARIOUS FORMS. CUTANEOUS INFECTIONS CAUSED BY STAPH AUREUS & STAPH EPIDERMIDIS MAY RESPOND TO CONCN AS LOW AS 0.5%. CONCN OF 2-8%...USED TO TREAT ACNE; THEY ARE ALSO ANTIFUNGAL.

Goodman, L.S., and A. Gilman. (eds.) The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics. 5th ed. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1975., p. 1005

SODIUM THIOSULFATE USP/...IS USEFUL IN TOPICAL TREATMENT OF TINEA VERSICOLOR, TINEA CRURIS, & POSSIBLY MOST OTHER DERMATOPHYTOSES.

Osol, A. and J.E. Hoover, et al. (eds.). Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences. 15th ed. Easton, Pennsylvania: Mack Publishing Co., 1975., p. 1168

MEDICATION (VET): IN CYANIDE POISONING; HAS BEEN USED...EXTERNALLY IN RINGWORM, MANGE.

The Merck Index. 9th ed. Rahway, New Jersey: Merck & Co., Inc., 1976., p. 1122