Newly Approved Drug Therapies (85): Mentax (1% butenafine HCI cream), Penederm

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Drug Name: Mentax (1% butenafine HCI cream)

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Company: Penederm
Approval Status: Approved April 1996
Treatment for: tinea pedis

General Information

Mentax has been approved as a topical treatment of athlete's foot.
Butenafine is the first of a new class of antifungal agents known as the benzylamines, which are chemically and pharmacologically related to the allylamine antifungal drugs.

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Drug listing last updated on February 19, 2008

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