NAIL FUNGUS TREATMENT

Under certain conditions, a person can develop a fungal infection under the fingernail or toenail. If you have diabetes, you are more likely to develop such an infection. And this onychomycosis is more than cosmetic; it can seriously complicate foot care.

Part of diabetic foot care consists of minimizing or promptly treating any condition which might encourage foot infections. Fungal infections (such as "athlete's foot") dry and crack the skin and encourage infection. Those infections can have serious, even drastic consequences, so it is time for the "ounce of prevention."

Along with good footgear, cleanliness, regular foot examination by your doctor, and daily self-examination, there is now an appropriate pharmaceutical treatment for nail fungus, hand or foot: LAMISIL (terbinafine hydrochloride) tablets. Used in Europe and Canada since 1991, LAMISIL is manufactured by Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation, a division of Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, and is available by prescription. After extensive safety tests, LAMISIL has been approved for use in the United States.

For more information about LAMISIL, and the nail fungus it treats, call 1-800-940-1388, for a free video and information brochure, or contact: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, 59 Rt. 10, East Hanover, NJ 07936; telephone: (201) 503-5588.