{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "kind": "drug_profile",
  "generic": "mupirocin",
  "review_status": "reviewed",
  "origin": "openfda",
  "sections": {
    "adult": [
      {
        "text": "• For Topical Use Only. • Apply a small amount of PIRNUO cream, with a cotton swab or gauze pad, to the affected area 3 times daily for 10 days. • Cover the treated area with gauze dressing if desired. • Re-evaluate patients not showing a clinical response within 3 to 5 days. • PIRNUO cream is not for intranasal, ophthalmic, or other mucosal use [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.2 , 5.6 )] .",
        "source": "US FDA label for mupirocin (Pirnuo), section 'dosage and administration', retrieved 2026-08-29",
        "cached_file": "labels/mupirocin.json",
        "verbatim": true
      }
    ],
    "child": [
      {
        "text": "The safety and effectiveness of mupirocin cream have been established in the age-groups of 3 months to 16 years. Use of PIRNUO cream in these age-groups is supported by evidence from adequate and well-controlled trials of mupirocin cream in adults with additional data from 93 pediatric subjects studied as part of the pivotal trials in adults [see Clinical Studies ( 14 )] .",
        "source": "US FDA label for mupirocin (Pirnuo), section 'pediatric use', retrieved 2026-08-29",
        "cached_file": "labels/mupirocin.json",
        "verbatim": true
      }
    ],
    "renal": [
      {
        "text": "No kidney-impairment dose in this label. Not a statement that none is needed.",
        "source": "Read and found silent: the US FDA label for mupirocin (Pirnuo), retrieved 2026-08-29",
        "cached_file": "labels/mupirocin.json",
        "verbatim": false
      }
    ],
    "hepatic": [
      {
        "text": "No liver-impairment dose in this label. Not a statement that none is needed.",
        "source": "Read and found silent: the US FDA label for mupirocin (Pirnuo), retrieved 2026-08-29",
        "cached_file": "labels/mupirocin.json",
        "verbatim": false
      }
    ],
    "pregnancy": [
      {
        "text": "Risk Summary There are insufficient human data to establish whether there is a drug-associated risk with mupirocin cream in pregnant women.",
        "source": "US FDA label for mupirocin (Pirnuo), section 'pregnancy', retrieved 2026-08-29",
        "cached_file": "labels/mupirocin.json",
        "verbatim": true
      },
      {
        "text": "Systemic absorption of mupirocin through intact human skin is minimal following topical administration of mupirocin cream [see Clinical Pharmacology (12.3)] .",
        "source": "US FDA label for mupirocin (Pirnuo), section 'pregnancy', retrieved 2026-08-29",
        "cached_file": "labels/mupirocin.json",
        "verbatim": true
      },
      {
        "text": "No developmental toxicity was observed in rats or rabbits treated with mupirocin subcutaneously during organogenesis at doses of 160 or 40 mg per kg per day, respectively (22 and 11 times the human topical dose based on calculations of dose divided by the entire body surface area).",
        "source": "US FDA label for mupirocin (Pirnuo), section 'pregnancy', retrieved 2026-08-29",
        "cached_file": "labels/mupirocin.json",
        "verbatim": true
      }
    ],
    "lactation": [
      {
        "text": "Mupirocin administered subcutaneously to rats in a pre- and postnatal development study (dosed during late gestation through lactation) was associated with reduced offspring viability in the early postnatal period at a dose of 106.7 mg per kg, in the presence of injection site irritation and/or subcutaneous hemorrhaging.",
        "source": "US FDA label for mupirocin (Pirnuo), section 'use in specific populations', retrieved 2026-08-29",
        "cached_file": "labels/mupirocin.json",
        "verbatim": true
      },
      {
        "text": "The no-observed adverse effect level in this study was 44.2 mg per kg per day, which is 6 times the human topical dose. 8.2 Lactation Risk Summary It is not known whether mupirocin is present in human milk, has effects on the breastfed child, or has effects on milk production.",
        "source": "US FDA label for mupirocin (Pirnuo), section 'use in specific populations', retrieved 2026-08-29",
        "cached_file": "labels/mupirocin.json",
        "verbatim": true
      },
      {
        "text": "The developmental and health benefits of breastfeeding should be considered along with the mother’s clinical need for PIRNUO cream and any potential adverse effects on the breastfed child from PIRNUO cream or from the underlying maternal condition.",
        "source": "US FDA label for mupirocin (Pirnuo), section 'use in specific populations', retrieved 2026-08-29",
        "cached_file": "labels/mupirocin.json",
        "verbatim": true
      }
    ]
  }
}