Betamethasone
indications
Control severe or incapacitating allergic conditions intractable to adequate trials .
Conventional treatment in asthma,atopic dermatitis ,drug hypersensitive .
contraindications
Hypersensitivity to demamethasone
Celebral brain malaria system fungal infection
Concurrent treatment with live virus vaccines
• Skin ulcers
• Bacteremia
route of administration
• Betamethasone is usually administered intravenous and deep intramascular
• Status asthmaticus and acute allergic reations
• Chronic skin complication
side effects
• Burning, itching or dryness of the skin
• Red bumps around the mouth
• Thinning of the skin
• Stretch marks(striae)
• Skin lightening or loss of natural skin color
• Excessive hair growth (hypertrichosis)
storage
• Do not store above 25°c
• Store in the original package in order to protect from light
Stored at a cool dry place
fractures
mechanism of action
Betamethasone is as a Corticosteroid Hormone Receptor Agonist. Betamethasone is a synthetic glucocorticoid with metabolic immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory activities.it also used as topical cream to relieve skin irritation, such as itching and flaking from eczema. It is used as treatment for local psoriasis as betamethasone dipropionate and salicyclic acid or as combination of betamethasone/calcipotriol