Don't use this drug for a long period of time. Call your doctor if your eczema symptoms haven't improved or have worsened after six weeks of use. Tell your physician if your symptoms return after your treatment with tacrolimus ends. Only apply tacrolimus ointment to the area of the skin that's affected by eczema. Use the smallest dose possible to control your symptoms. Don't use this medicine to treat eczema in kids who are younger than two years old. Only use the 0.03 percent ointment to treat children between ages 2 and 15.
Authority and accuracy. Anyone can create a Web site. It is important to find out the author's identity and his or her qualifications or expertise in order to determine the credibility and reliability of the information.
There is even a specialized discipline, research ethics, which studies these norms. See Glossary of Commonly Used Terms in Research Ethics. There are several reasons why it is important to adhere to ethical norms in research. First, norms promote the aims of research, such as knowledge, truth, and avoidance of error. For example, prohibitions against fabricating, falsifying, or misrepresenting research data promote the truth and minimize error.