Oxiconazole: uses, dosing, side effects & brands
Oxiconazole is a medicine sold in the U.S. under one brand, for cutaneous candidiasis, tinea pedis and tinea versicolor. Below: what the FDA label says, every product that contains it, what the pills look like, and its recall record.
Key facts
- Treats
- Cutaneous Candidiasis, Tinea Pedis and Tinea Versicolor
- Available as
- Topical
- Sold as
- Oxistat
- Prescription?
- Prescription only
- Generic available?
- Not in our catalog
- What the pharmacy pays
- about $4 per gm — not your price
How oxiconazole is dosed
From the FDA label for Oxistat (application NDA019828). Other oxiconazole products — different forms, different strengths — are dosed differently. Follow the label for the one you were prescribed.
Oxiconazole nitrate cream should be applied to affected and immediately surrounding areas once to twice daily in patients with tinea pedis, tinea corporis, or tinea cruris. Oxiconazole nitrate cream should be applied once daily in the treatment of tinea (pityriasis) versicolor. Tinea corporis, tinea cruris, and tinea (pityriasis) versicolor should be treated for 2 weeks and tinea pedis for 1 month to reduce the possibility of recurrence. If a patient shows no clinical improvement after the treatment period, the diagnosis should be reviewed. Note: Tinea (pityriasis) versicolor may give rise to hyperpigmented or hypopigmented patches on the trunk that may extend to the neck, arms, and upper thighs. Treatment of the infection may not immediately result in restoration of pigment to the affected sites. Normalization of pigment following successful therapy is variable and may take months, depending on individual skin type and incidental sun exposure. Although tinea (pityriasis) versicolor is not contagious, it may recur because the organism that causes the disease is part of the normal skin flora.
Oxiconazole side effects
During clinical trials, of 955 patients treated with oxiconazole nitrate cream, 1%, 41 (4.3%) reported adverse reactions thought to be related to drug therapy. These reactions included pruritus (1.6%); burning (1.4%); irritation and allergic contact dermatitis (0.4% each); folliculitis (0.3%); erythema (0.2%); and papules, fissure, maceration, rash, stinging, and nodules (0.1% each).
Who shouldn’t take oxiconazole
Oxiconazole nitrate cream is contraindicated in individuals who have shown hypersensitivity to any of their components.
Oxiconazole drug interactions
Potential drug interactions between oxiconazole nitrate and other drugs have not been systematically evaluated. Drug Interactions: Potential drug interactions between oxiconazole nitrate and other drugs have not been systematically evaluated.
Every oxiconazole product we track (1)
Same active ingredient — different manufacturer, form, price and FDA recall record. That last one is what our independent score measures.
Only one: Oxistat.
How long oxiconazole keeps
No oxiconazole label we read sets a separate limit for after opening, but they do specify how it must be stored — and the stability behind any date assumes those conditions.
Does oxiconazole expire? The in-use limits and storage rules from its labelsOxiconazole and breastfeeding
From LactMed, the US National Library of Medicine’s Drugs and Lactation Database — quoted, not rewritten.
Full LactMed record for oxiconazole: levels in milk, effects in breastfed infants, and the drugs it would consider insteadTopical oxiconazole has not been studied during breastfeeding. Because less than 1% is absorbed after topical application, it is considered a low risk to the nursing infant. Avoid application to the nipple area and ensure that the infant's skin does not come into direct contact with the areas of skin that have been treated. Only water-miscible cream or gel products should be applied to the breast because ointments may expose the infant to high levels of mineral paraffins via licking.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, record revised November 15, 2024. LactMed states its information is not a substitute for professional judgement.
What people report to the FDA about oxiconazole
The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) collects reports from patients and clinicians. It holds 47 reports naming oxiconazole, and the FDA flagged 72% of those reports as serious. The effects reported most often — leaving out reports about overdose, misuse or the condition being treated, which dominate the raw list for common medicines:
- rash papular6 reports
- arthralgia3 reports
- drug exposure during pregnancy3 reports
- exposure during pregnancy3 reports
- acute respiratory failure2 reports
- angina pectoris2 reports
- back pain2 reports
- bronchitis2 reports
Read these as a signal, not a rate. A report does not mean oxiconazole caused the effect — anyone can file one, and many describe people taking several medicines for several conditions. Crucially there is no denominator: FAERS does not record how many people took the drug, so these counts cannot be turned into “X% of patients” — a bigger number often just means a more widely used or more talked-about drug. Duplicates exist, and publicity drives reporting. For what is actually established, read the FDA label section above.
Source: openFDA drug/event (FAERS), retrieved July 25, 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
What is oxiconazole?
Oxistat (Oxiconazole Nitrate) is a medication used to treat Cutaneous Candidiasis, Tinea Pedis, Tinea Versicolor.
Can you take oxiconazole with other medicines?
It depends on the medicine. We check it against the FDA labels rather than guessing: our interaction checker searches each drug's own label for the other and quotes what it says, naming the section it came from. Run oxiconazole against whatever else you take — and remember that a label not naming a drug is not the same as that combination being safe.
What forms does oxiconazole come in?
Across the brands we track, oxiconazole is currently marketed as topical, per the FDA's National Drug Code Directory. Each form is dosed differently — follow the label for the exact product you were prescribed.
Is there a generic oxiconazole?
We do not currently list a generic-labelled oxiconazole product. That does not always mean none exists — it means none appears under a generic name in the FDA data we track. Ask your pharmacist.
Cite this page
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- pharmaranks. (2026, July 24). Oxiconazole: uses, dosing, side effects & brands. https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/oxiconazole
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- “Oxiconazole: uses, dosing, side effects & brands.” pharmaranks, 24 July 2026, https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/oxiconazole.
We summarise public FDA and NIH sources — for a clinical claim, cite the primary source we link to as well.
Sources: FDA openFDA drug label, National Drug Code Directory, and Enforcement (recall) database. This page reproduces public FDA data and is not medical advice. Dosing is set by your prescriber.
Read the full FDA label for oxiconazole on DailyMed (NIH) ↗.