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