Clotrimazole/ Betamethasone Valerate
Azole Antifungal [EPC]
What it is used for
Uses Cures athlete’s foot (tinea pedis), jock itch (tinea cruris), ringworm (tinea corporis). Relieves the itching, irritation, redness, scaling and discomfort which can accompany these conditions. Clinical selection for Clotrimazole/ Betamethasone Valerate should follow culture results where relevant, Kenya STG/EML recommendations, and the current product SmPC. Class context: Azole Antifungal [EPC]. Confirm site-specific dose, duration and monitoring before prescribing.
Warnings
Limit use in children or on face to maximum of 5 days. It should be withdrawn gradually following prolonged therapy. Unless fully unavoidable, potent corticosteroids should not be used on the face as they may precipitate a rosacea-like disorder and aggravate any pre-existing rosacea, avoid use in an occluded area, near the eye, use in the presence of skin infections without concomitant use of anti-microbial, children under 1yr, on weeping foci.
Possible side effects
Local irritation e.g burning sensation and itching, erythema rare, dryness of the skin, aggravation of concurrent untreated infections, thinning of the skin (this may be reversible), loss of skin elasticity, folliculitis, change in skin pigmentation, telangiectasia, purpura and steroid acne, increased growth of hair, severe pituitary-adrenal axis suppression and hypercotism, cushoid state, growth retardation, benign intra-cranial hypertension.
Storage
Store as labelled. Keep out of reach of children.
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