Patient leaflet - Daktarin cream
1 What Daktarin cream is and what it is used for
The name of your medicine is Daktarin 2% w/w cream. It is called Daktarin cream in this leaflet.
Daktarin cream contains a medicine called miconazole. This belongs to a group of medicines called ‘antifungals’.
Daktarin cream is used for infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi including yeasts, and some bacteria. Infections may appear on the:
- Trunk
- Hands or feet
- Scalp or outer ear
- Groin
Daktarin cream works by destroying the fungus and associated bacteria which may be present.
2 What you need to know before you use Daktarin cream
Do not use Daktarin cream:
- If you are allergic to miconazole, any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6) or to other similar antifungal medicines
Do not use this medicine if the above applies to you. If you are not sure, talk to your doctor or pharmacist before using Daktarin cream.
Warnings and precautions
Keep this medicine away from your eyes. If you get any cream in your eyes, rinse with water straight away. Keep your eyes open when you rinse.
If you are taking oral anticoagulant agents such as warfarin, stop using Daktarin Cream immediately and seek advice from your doctor or pharmacist if you experience unexpected bleeding or bruising, nosebleeds, coughing up blood, blood in the urine, black tarry stools or coffee ground vomit during treatment with Daktarin Cream. Close monitoring of International Normalized Ratio (INR) levels are required under the supervision of a healthcare professional during treatment with Daktarin Cream.
Other medicines and Daktarin Cream
Talk to your doctor, pharmacist or dentist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines.
This includes medicines that you buy without a prescription or herbal medicines. In particular tell your doctor if you are taking:
- Oral anticoagulant agents (drugs used to thin the blood), such as warfarin, may be affected by Daktarin Cream. Your doctor may check that the anticoagulant is working properly.
Pregnancy and breast-feeding
If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before using this medicine.
You may still be able to use Daktarin cream if your doctor thinks you need to.
Daktarin cream contains Benzoic Acid (E210) and Butylated hydroxyanisole (E320)
- This medicine contains 2 mg Benzoic acid per gram of cream, which is equivalent to 60 mg Benzoic acid in a 30 g tube of cream. Benzoic acid may increase jaundice (yellowing of the skin and eyes) in newborn babies (up to 4 weeks old) and may cause local irritation.
- Butylated hydroxyanisole (E320). This can cause local skin reactions (e.g. contact dermatitis), or irritation to the eyes and mucous membranes.
3 How to use Daktarin cream
Always use this medicine exactly as described in this leaflet or as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
Using the cream
- Each tube of Daktarin cream is sealed. You will need to use the cap to pierce the seal
- Rub the cream gently into the affected area and surrounding skin with clean fingers
- Do not put Daktarin cream into or near the eyes - it is for use on the skin and nails only
- Do not swallow the cream
For skin infections
- Use the cream twice a day - once in the morning and again at night. Keep using the cream for at least 7 days after all signs of infection have gone away. This will stop the infection from coming back.
For nail infections
Use the cream once or twice a day. Your doctor will tell you which one. Keep using the cream for 10 days after all signs of infection have gone away. This will stop the infection from coming back.
Personal hygiene
- Unless the affected skin is on your hands, wash your hands with soap and water after using the cream
- Washing your hands after using the cream will stop you spreading the infection to other parts of your body or to other people
- Do not allow other people to use your flannel or towel. This will stop them from getting your infection
- Clothing that touches infected skin should be washed and changed often. Daktarin cream is non-greasy and should not stain clothes
If you swallow Daktarin cream
If you swallow any cream, talk to a doctor or go to the nearest hospital casualty department straight away.
If you forget to use Daktarin cream
- Do not apply the forgotten dose of cream
- Apply the next dose of cream as usual and keep using the cream as your doctor has told you
- Do not use a double dose of cream to make up for a forgotten dose
If symptoms persist or get worse, or if new symptoms occur, stop use and consult a doctor.
4 Possible side effects
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
Stop using Daktarin cream and tell your doctor straight away if you notice the following. You may need medical treatment.
- A severe allergic reaction which may include:
- Swelling of the face, lips, mouth, throat or tongue
- Difficulty swallowing or difficulty breathing
- Itchy rash (hives)
Skin burning sensation, application site reactions, application site irritation, application site burning, application site
warmth, application site itchiness, skin inflammation.
Other side-effects which may occur but it is unknown how often:
Rash, skin irritation, itchiness or redness
GB-IE - 792812 Project Name / Design
Product / Eurocode / Mat. ID Code
LITHO OFFSET
EMEA/CCDS V4/Daktarin 2% w/w cream 30g /UK/Leaflet/792812/CDB
792812
786889
7504705
REPRESENTATION:
INSTRUCTION
Colours represented with a diagonal line have been modified to aid PDF approval.
PC Spec
Languages
PC0006331
Job / Version No. Date
404591027_r0
GBR (English)
30-05-2026
Beerse
Leaflet
145 x 520mm JJSC_00120_V1 11-10-2021 Beerse/Insert/007/V1 1135
White
18.00 pt
Reporting of side effects
If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. You can also report side effects directly via the Yellow Card Scheme at: www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard or search for MHRA Yellow Card in the Google Play or Apple App Store.
By reporting side effects you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.
5 How to store Daktarin cream
Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children.
Store the cream in its original packaging. Do not store above 25°C.
Do not use this medicine after the expiry date which is stated on the carton and tube. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.
Do not throw away any medicines via wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to throw away medicines you no longer use. These measures will help protect the environment.
6 Contents of the pack and other information
What Daktarin cream contains
The active substance is miconazole nitrate. Each gram (g) of Daktarin cream contains 20 milligrams (mg) of miconazole nitrate (2 % w/w). The other ingredients are water, PEG-6, PEG-32 and glycol stearate, oleoyl macroglycerides, liquid paraffin, benzoic acid (E210) and butylated hydroxyanisole (E320).
What Daktarin cream looks like and contents of the pack
Daktarin cream comes in a tube containing 30 g of a white cream
Marketing Authorisation Holder:
McNeil Products Limited, 50 – 100 Holmers Farm Way, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP12 4EG, UK.
Manufacturer:
Janssen Pharmaceutica NV,
Turnhoutseweg 30, B-2340 Beerse, Belgium
OR
McGregor Cory Ltd, Middleton Close, Banbury, OX16 4RS, UK
For information in large print, tape, CD or Braille, telephone 0800 7318450.
This leaflet was last revised in
June 2026.
GB-IE - 792812