Decasan^®

Decasan® is a cyto-safe antiseptic.

Cyto-safety is the ability of an antiseptic not to damage the body’s cells. An effective antiseptic should not only eliminate microbes but also preserve the viability of the cells responsible for wound healing.

Decasan® action mechanism:

Decasan has antimicrobial and antifungal effect and concentrates on the cytoplasmic membrane (CPM) of a microbial cell and links with the membrane’s phosphate lipid groups, disrupting the penetrability of the microorganism’s CPM.

Decasan® has:

• an expressed bactericidal action against staphylococci, streptococci, diphtheria and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and capsuliferous bacteria;
• a fungicidal action against yeast, yeast-like fungi, agents of epidormophytosis, trichophytia, microsporia and erythrasma, certain mold fungi (aspergilli, penicilli);
• an antitenial action against trichomonads and giardia lamblia;
• an antiviral action against viruses;
• the drug is highly active against antibiotic-resistant microorganisms; the sensitivity of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms to antibiotics is increased during the drug therapy;
• in prolonged antiseptic use of the first one there were found no cytotoxic and no pro-apoptotic effects on the epithelium*.

Indications

Due to this fact, the product is successfully used for treatment of septic bacterial and fungal diseases of the skin, microbial eczema, pyoinflammatory lesions of the soft tissues, dental diseases, inflammations of airways, treatment of wound surfaces, treatment of the vaginal mucous membrane candidosis, bacteriogenic inflammatory diseases of the genitalia, prenatal birth canal sanitation, and treatment of postpartum endometritis. 

Lately Decasan^® nebules has been widely used for inhalations in the single-dose sterile containers for inhalation.

* Nazarchuk OA, Chereshniuk IL, Nazarchuk HH. The research of antimicrobial efficacy of antiseptics decamethoxin, miramistin and their effect on nuclear DNA fragmentation and epithelial cell cycle. Wiad Lek. 2019;72(3):374-380. PMID: 31050983.