Dermovate 0.05% ointment

Land: Storbritannia

Språk: engelsk

Kilde: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Aktiv ingrediens:

Clobetasol propionate

Tilgjengelig fra:

CST Pharma Ltd

ATC-kode:

D07AD01

INN (International Name):

Clobetasol propionate

Dosering :

500microgram/1gram

Legemiddelform:

Cutaneous ointment

Administreringsrute:

Cutaneous

Klasse:

No Controlled Drug Status

Resept typen:

Valid as a prescribable product

Produkt oppsummering:

BNF: 13040000; GTIN: 5055946802268

Informasjon til brukeren

DERMOVATE
® OINTMENT
CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE 0.05% W/W OINTMENT
(clobetasol propionate)
Your medicine is known by above names, but will be referred to as
Dermovate throughout this:
PATIENT INFORMATION LEAFLET
WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET:
1) What Dermovate is and what it is used for
2) What you need to know before you use Dermovate
3) How to use Dermovate
4) Possible side effects
5) How to store Dermovate
6) Contents of the pack and other information
1) WHAT DERMOVATE IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR
Dermovate contains a medicine called clobetasol propionate. It belongs
to
a group of medicines called steroids. It helps to reduce swelling and
irritation.
Dermovate is used to help reduce the redness and itchiness of certain
skin
problems. These skin problems include:
•
frequently relapsing eczema
•
psoriasis (thickened patches of inflamed, red skin, often covered by
silvery scales), excluding widespread plaque psoriasis
•
lichen planus (a skin disease that causes itchy, reddish-purple, flat-
topped bumps on the wrists, forearms or lower legs)
•
discoid lupus erythematosus (a disease of the skin most often
affecting
the face, ears and scalp causing scarring and increased sensitivity of
the
affected skin to sunlight)
•
dermatitis and other skin conditions that have not responded to milder
steroid creams or ointments.
2) WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU USE DERMOVATE
DO NOT USE DERMOVATE:
•
if you are allergic (hypersensitive) to clobetasol propionate or any
of the
other ingredients of this medicine (listed in Section 6)
•
on a child under 1 year of age
•
to treat any of the following skin problems, it could make them worse:
-
acne
-
severe flushing of skin on and around your nose (rosacea)
-
spotty red rash around your mouth (perioral dermatitis)
-
itching around your anus or genitals (penis or vagina)
-
infected skin (unless the infection is being treated
with an anti-
infective medicine at the same time)
-
itchy skin which is not inflamed
-
widespread plaque psoriasis, except single lesions.
Do not use if any o