Toddler developed mercury toxicity after GP prescribed his homemade merbromin cream: tribunal
The GP was found guilty of professional misconduct over his treatment of three patients, including two children.
A GP who prescribed homemade merbromin-based eczema cream to thousands of patients, including a toddler who developed mercury toxicity, has been found guilty of professional misconduct.
Known as Clark Compound or CC cream, the unapproved treatment contained the mercury salt-based antiseptic merbromin — sold commercially as Mercurochrome — plus terbinafine hydrochloride and subtherapeutic levels of steroid, the tribunal heard.
