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Symptoms: Excessive or prolonged use of topical corticosteroids can suppress pituitary-adrenal function, resulting in secondary adrenal insufficiency, and produce manifestations of hypercorticism, including Cushing's disease. A single overdose of gentamicin would not be expected to produce symptoms.
Excessive or prolonged use of antibiotics may lead to over-growth of lesions by non-susceptible organisms. Systematically, tolnaftate is pharmacologically inactive.
Clioquinol rarely produces iodism.
Treatment: Appropriate symptomatic treatment is indicated. Acute hypercorticoid symptoms are usually reversible. Treat electrolyte imbalance, if necessary. In case of chronic toxicity, slow withdrawal of corticosteroids is advised. If overgrowth by non-susceptible organisms occurs, stop treatment with cream and institute appropriate therapy.
