Medicine guide

Zinc Oxide

20 g/100g · Ointment

  • Available without prescription
Active substance
Zinc Oxide
Made by
Geri-Gentle Corporation

Quoted from the official source. Not yet reviewed by Mediclarum — the leaflet in your pack is authoritative.

At a glance

Quoted from the official label · 2025-09-29

What it is

Skin Protectant

Used for
  • Poison ivy poison oak poison sumac
Do not take it if

On deep puncture wounds animal bites serious burns

All warnings ↓
Good to know
  • Sold without a prescription
  • FDA enforcement reports list no ongoing recall, and none from the last two years, for this product code · checked 2026-10-02
1,937other products contain Zinc Oxide — compare makers, forms and strengths

Every line above is selected, not written, from the official label. Nothing is reworded. DailyMed

What it is for

helps treat and prevent diaper rash dries the oozing and weeping of:

  • poison ivy poison oak poison sumac

From the official label · 2025-09-29 · DailyMed

Do not take it if

on deep puncture wounds animal bites serious burns

Quoted from the official label, section “OTC — Do Not Use”.

How to take it

These directions are for this exact strength and form. Another one is different.

for Diaper Rash change wet and soiled diaper promptly cleanse the diaper area and allow to dry apply as needed

Quoted from the official label, section “Dosage & Administration”.

Stop and get help if

  • condition worsens symptoms last more than 7 days or clear up and occur again in a few days
  • if you are allergic to any of these ingredients

Quoted from the official label, section “OTC — Stop Use”.

Other warnings

  • For external use only
  • When using this product do not get into eyes
  • do not use over large area of the body
  • Stop Use and
  • ask a doctor if condition worsens symptoms last more than 7 days or clear up and occur again in a few days
  • Do not use on deep puncture wounds animal bites serious burns
  • Keep out of reach of children.
  • do not get into eyes do not use over large area of the body

Quoted from the official label, section “Warnings”.

Keep away from children

If swallowed, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away

Quoted from the official label, section “OTC — Keep Out of Reach of Children”.

How to store it

store at 59°-86°F (15°-30°C) avoid excessive heat

Quoted from the official label, section “Storage and Handling”.

What kind of medicine it is

Skin Protectant

Quoted from the official label, section “OTC — Purpose”.

Other ingredients

Relevant if you react to a dye, a preservative, lactose or gluten.

Cetostearyl Alcohol, Cetomacrogol 1000, Lanolin, Light Liquid Paraffin, White Soft Paraffin

Quoted from the official label, section “Inactive Ingredients”.

Ingredients people check for

Lactose, gluten, dyes, sugars and other ingredients that matter with an allergy, intolerance or diet — as this product’s FDA label lists them.

This label’s list of inactive ingredients names none of: lactose, wheat or gluten, colour dyes, sugars, sugar alcohols, alcohol (ethanol), aspartame (phenylalanine), gelatin, peanut oil, soy, parabens, sulfites, titanium dioxide.

Quoted from the FDA label. A label that does not name an ingredient is not a guarantee that the product is free of it, and formulations change. With an allergy, check the pack and ask a pharmacist.

Every version of this medicine (26)

The same active substance, strength and kind of form, from every company that sells it — with what each label lists.

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Details

Made byGeri-Gentle Corporation
Active substanceZinc Oxide
Strength20 g/100g
FormOintment
RouteTopical
Packs1 TUBE in 1 BOX / 28.4 g in 1 TUBE · 1 TUBE in 1 BOX / 56.8 g in 1 TUBE
NDC69771-109

Source: NDC Directory · 2026-09-13 · not reviewed by a clinician

Source: US Food and Drug Administration, NDC Directory. Reuse terms: US government work (FDA).

Other strengths and forms

15 products are sold under this name. Grouped by form; a number on a strength means several companies make it.

Same active substance

These contain the same substance. That does not mean one can replace another — ask a pharmacist.