Topical antibiotic (cuts and scrapes) · ATC D06AX05
Bacitracin / Neomycin / Polymyxin B (antibiotic ointment)
Neosporin in the US
The international (INN) name. Pharmacists everywhere recognize it, even when the local brand differs (e.g. Neosporin, Fucidin, Polysporin).
Sold for: cuts and scrapes.
Fucidin is fusidic acid and Bactroban is mupirocin: different antibiotics for the same use. Antibiotic creams need a prescription in the UK. Without one, antiseptic creams such as Savlon or Germolene are sold.
Tyrosur is a different antibiotic (tyrothricin) sold without a prescription for small wounds.
Fucidine is fusidic acid and Mupiderm is mupirocin: different antibiotics for the same use. Antibiotic creams need a prescription in France. Without one, antiseptics such as Biseptine are sold.
Needs a prescription. Many pharmacies have a doctor’s office next door that can examine you and prescribe on the spot for a small fee. Counterfeit and substandard products are a known risk in Mexico. If you can, get this at home before you travel.
Fusibran (fusidic acid) and Dermocin (mupirocin) are different antibiotics for the same use.
Dolmycin contains bacitracin with colistin.
Mupirocin is a different antibiotic for the same use.
Polybamycin is the same three-antibiotic ointment. Fucidin is fusidic acid, a different antibiotic for the same use. Antibiotic creams and ointments are prescription-only in Singapore; pharmacies sell antiseptic creams instead.
The US-style triple antibiotic ointment is not sold in Spain. Antibiotic ointments here are mupirocin (Bactroban) and fusidic acid (Fucidine), and they need a prescription.