escharotic การใช้
- For this reason, sanguinarine is termed an escharotic.
- Some prosecutions have been pursued over unlicensed sales of escharotic products such as Cansema.
- Bloodroot and its extracts are thus considered escharotic.
- Numerous reports in medical literature describe serious scarring and damage to normal skin by escharotic substances.
- An "'escharotic "'is a substance that causes tissue to die and slough off.
- Consequently, escharotic salves are very strictly regulated in most western countries and while some prescription medicines are available with this effect, unauthorized sales are illegal.
- Applying escharotic agents, including bloodroot, to the skin is sometimes suggested as a home treatment for skin cancer, these attempts can be severely disfiguring.
- The coal-tar variety, having stronger and more toxic properties, has chiefly been used as a preservative for wood; coal-tar creosote was also formerly used as an escharotic, to burn malignant skin tissue, and in dentistry, to prevent necrosis, before its carcinogenic properties became known.