BEPROSALIC LOTION

Land: Malaysia

Språk: engelsk

Kilde: NPRA (National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency, Bahagian Regulatori Farmasi Negara)

Aktiv ingrediens:

BETAMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE; SALICYLIC ACID/2-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID

Tilgjengelig fra:

HOE PHARMACEUTICALS SDN. BHD.

INN (International Name):

BETAMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE; SALICYLIC ACID/2-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID

Enheter i pakken:

30ml mL

Produsert av:

HOE PHARMACEUTICALS SDN. BHD.

Informasjon til brukeren

_ CONSUMER MEDICATION INFORMATION LEAFLET (RIMUP) _
BEPROSALIC LOTION
Betamethasone Dipropionate / Salicylic Acid (0.064%w/v / 2%w/v)
1
WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET
1.
What Beprosalic lotion is used
for
2.
How Beprosalic lotion works
3.
Before you use Beprosalic
lotion
4.
How to use Beprosalic lotion
5.
While you are using
Beprosalic lotion
6.
Side effects
7.
Storage and Disposal of
Beprosalic lotion
8.
Product description
9.
Manufacturer and Product
Registration Holder
10.
Date of Revision
This leaflet answers some common
questions about Beprosalic lotion. It
does not contain all the available
information.
It
does
not
take
the
place of talking to your pharmacist or
doctor.
All
medicines
have
risks
and
benefits. Your pharmacist or doctor
has weighed the risks of you taking
Beprosalic lotion against the benefits
they expect it will have for you.
Keep this leaflet with the medicine.
You may need to read it again.
WHAT BEPROSALIC LOTION IS
USED FOR?
BEPROSALIC LOTION is used for
the
relief
of
the
inflammatory
manifestations
of
corticosteroid-
responsive dryness and thickening of
the outer layer of the skin disorder
which
include
psoriasis,
chronic
atopic
dermatitis,
neurodermatitis
and seborrhoeic dermatitis.
HOW BEPROSALIC LOTION
WORKS?
BEPROSALIC
LOTION
contains
medicine
called
Betamethasone
Dipropionate
and
Salicylic
Acid.
Betamethasone
Dipropionate
is
a
topically
active
fluorinated
corticosteroid
which
has
anti-
inflammatory, anti-itching and blood
vessel narrowing actions. Salicylic
acid has keratolytic (ability to soften
the
top
layer
scales
of
the
skin),
antibacterial and antifungal actions.
Ask your pharmacist or doctor if you
have
any
questions
about
this
medicine.
BEFORE YOU USE BEPROSALIC
LOTION
_-When you must not use it_
Do
not
take
BEPROSALIC
LOTION
if
you
are
allergic
(hypersensitive)
to
Betamethasone
Dipropionate, other corticosteroids,
Salicylic acid, or other salicylates, or
any components in the base.
Topical
corticosteroids
are
not
recommended
in
most
viral
infections
of
the
skin
and
also
tuberculosis

Preparatomtale

NAME AND STRENGTH OF ACTIVE SUBSTANCES: Betamethasone dipropionate
0.064%
w/v (equiv. to Betamethasone 0.05% w/v) and Salicylic acid 2% w/v.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: A colourless and slightly viscous solution.
Other ingredients: Isopropyl alcohol, Methylparaben, Sodium hydroxide
and Purified water.
PHARMACODYNAMICS
:
Betamethasone
dipropionate
is
a
topically
active
fluorinated
corticosteroid which has anti-inflammatory, anti-pruritic and
vasoconstrictive actions. Salicylic
Acid has keratolytic properties, as well as bacteriostatic and
fungicidal actions.
PHARMACOKINETICS
: Topical
corticosteroids
have
anti-inflammatory,
anti-pruritic
and
vasoconstrictive actions. When administered topically, particularly
under occlusive dressing or
when the skin is broken sufficient corticosteroid may be absorbed to
give systemic effects.
Corticosteroids are extensively bound to plasma proteins. Only unbound
corticosteroids has
pharmacological effects or is metabolised. They are metabolised mainly
in the liver, also in the
kidney and are excreted in the urine. Salicylic Acid has keratolytic
properties. It produces slow
and painless destruction of the epithelium. When administered
topically to large areas of the
body, it may cause symptoms of acute systemic salicylate poisoning.
INDICATIONS : For the relief of the inflammatory mainfestations of
hyperkeratotic and dry
corticosteroid-responsive
dermatoses
which
include
psoriasis,
chronic
atopic
dermatitis,
neurodermatitis and seborrhoeic dermatitis.
CONTRAINDICATIONS : Hypersensitivity to Betamethasone dipropionate,
other corticoster-
oids, Salicylic Acid or other Salicylates or any component in the
base. Topical corticosteroids are
contraindicated in most viral infections of the skin and also
tuberculosis and acne rosacea.
DRUG INTERACTIONS : Unknown.
ADVERSE EFFECT : Reported local adverse reactions associated with
corticosteroids are
burning,
itching,
irritation,
dryness,
folliculitis,
hypertrichosis,
acneiform
eruptions,
hypopigmentation, maceration of the skin, secondary infection,