PODIATRIST DISCUSSES OTC TREATMENTS FOR ATHLETE'S FOOT

There are a lot of different active ingredients that can treat athlete's foot, and the most common ones are time-tested. "Most of the things out there in the drugstore have been used for years, says podiatrist James McGuire, DPM, PT, a professor at the Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine, naming the ingredients in Tinactin and Lamisil as chief examples. 

 

Dr. James McGuire

 

The ingredients in these products as well as those in Lotrimin work in similar ways to ward off athlete's foot: They affect the environment on the skin in a way that makes it harder, if not impossible, for fungus to grow. In turn, they stop athlete's foot at the source. Which ingredient you try for yourself essentially comes down to personal preference.

 

Source: Sara Coughlin, Livestrong [5/26/21] 

Courtesy of Barry Block, editor of PM News