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Betamethasone

Betamethasone is a corticosteroid with anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive abilities, used especially where water retention is undesirable. It is applied as a topical cream, ointment, lotion or gel to treat itching (e.g. from eczema). more...

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Indications

Corticosteroid used to stimulate fetal lung maturation and to decrease the incidence and mortality from intracranial hemorrhage in premature infants.

Fetal risk

As it crosses the placenta, which is required for its beneficial effects, it may also be associated with complications, such as hypoglycemia and leucocytosis in newborns exposed in utero.

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Taro's - generic clotrimazole/betamethasone dipropionate cream - Brief Article
From Drug Store News, 9/10/01 by Diane West

Taro's Robert Carraher, brand division vice president, and marketing manager Donna Livingston reported strong sales of clotrimazole/betamethasone dipropionate cream, supported by direct mail waves to doctors and pharmacists. Carraher said Taro's version of Schering's antifungal/corticosteroid, Lotrisone, already has claimed 50 percent of the market since its May 29 approval.

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