Drug reference
Short-term treatment of tinea infections and candidiasis ▶TO THE SKIN ▶Child 12–17 years: Apply twice daily for 2 weeks for tinea cruris, tinea corporis or candidiasis, or for 4 weeks for tinea pedis ▶Adult: Apply twice daily for 2 weeks for tinea cruris, tinea corporis or candidiasis, or for 4 weeks for tinea pedis POTENCY ▶Betamethasone dipropionate 0.064% (=betamethasone 0.05%) with clotrimazole cream: potent.
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There can be variation in the licensing of different medicines containing the same drug. Cream CAUTIONARY AND ADVISORY LABELS 28 EXCIPIENTS: May contain Benzyl alcohol, cetostearyl alcohol (including cetyl and stearyl alcohol), propylene glycol ▶Lotriderm (Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd) Betamethasone dipropionate 640 microgram per 1 gram, Clotrimazole 10 mg per 1 gram Lotriderm cream | 30 gram P £6.34 DT = £6.34
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Patients or carers should be given advice on how to administer betamethasone with clotrimazole cream.
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Apply twice daily for 2 weeks for tinea cruris,
First-line fragment. Read the complete Indications and Dose section above.
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