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Miconazole

Medication azole antifungal skin
Aka: Daktarin
Brands seen in Singapore: Daktarin, Mycoban, Fungitop, Resolve, Zarin
Not medical advice. Check with your doctor or pharmacist before you start, stop or change the timing of anything you take.
How to use
What it’s for
Fungal skin infections: feet, groin, trunk, scalp (SG)
When to take
SG label: twice a day · a course runs 2 to 6 weeks
Take with
Washed, dried skin · SG label: the area around it too
Pros & cons
Pros
  • SG: 2% single-ingredient creams are general sale list
  • SG label: also used for nappy rash in babies
  • US otc label: jock itch courses run about 2 weeks
Cons
  • US otc label: not effective on the scalp or nails
  • US otc label: under 2s only if a doctor directs it
  • SG: hydrocortisone combination creams are pharmacy-only
Sources
  1. HSA — Listing of Registered Therapeutic Products (data.gov.sg open dataset, 5,511 rows, cached in full and filtered locally) · read 2026-08-27
    what it says
    “13 of 19 miconazole rows read 'General Sale List', all single-ingredient topical (SIN02028P DAKTARIN CREAM 20 mg/g, SIN07246P MYCOBAN, SIN10022P FUNGITOP, SIN10836P RESOLVE, SIN00962P ZARIN); 4 hydrocortisone combinations are 'Pharmacy Only'”
  2. National Drug Formulary (SG, MOH) — DAKTARIN CREAM 20 mg/g [SIN02028P]: what it is for · read 2026-08-27
    what it says
    “DAKTARIN Cream/Powder is a medicine for treating infection of the skin by fungi including yeasts … infections of the scalp, the beard, the trunk, the feet and hands and the groin; diaper rash in babies.”
  3. National Drug Formulary (SG, MOH) — DAKTARIN CREAM 20 mg/g [SIN02028P]: how to use it and how much · read 2026-08-27
    what it says
    “Apply DAKTARIN Cream to the skin twice a day … the treatment may last 2 to 6 weeks … Do not stop using the medicine until at least a week after all symptoms have disappeared”
  4. National Drug Formulary (SG, MOH) — DAKTARIN CREAM 20 mg/g [SIN02028P]: how to apply it · read 2026-08-27
    what it says
    “Wash the infected skin and dry it well. Rub DAKTARIN gently into the skin with your finger tips. Do not treat the infected skin alone. Apply the product to the area around it also.”
  5. National Drug Formulary (SG, MOH) — DAKTARIN CREAM 20 mg/g [SIN02028P]: contraindications · read 2026-08-27
    what it says
    “Do not use DAKTARIN Cream/Powder if you know you are hypersensitive to it or to other similar antifungal medicines.”
  6. National Drug Formulary (SG, MOH) — DAKTARIN CREAM 20 mg/g [SIN02028P]: forensic classification · read 2026-08-27
    what it says
    “Forensic Classification: GENERAL SALE LIST … Prescription-only Medicines with Exemptions for Supply without Prescription: NA”
  7. US FDA OTC label — miconazole nitrate 2% topical antifungal, Directions, via openFDA · read 2026-08-27
    what it says
    “Apply a thin layer over affected area twice daily (morning and night) or as directed by a doctor … For athlete's foot and ringworm, use daily for 4 weeks. For jock itch, use daily for 2 weeks.”
  8. US FDA OTC label — miconazole nitrate 2% topical antifungal, Warnings, via openFDA · read 2026-08-27
    what it says
    “For external use only. Do not use on children under 2 years of age unless directed by a doctor, on scalp or nails … avoid contact with the eyes … Stop use and ask a doctor if irritation occurs”
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