BETAZON cream 15 g.

BETAZON WHAT IS AND WHAT IT IS USED
Betazon cream is a medicine of the corticosteroid application on the skin. The active ingredient betamethasone reduces redness, swelling, relieves itching due to expressed their anti-inflammatory and antiallergic action.
It is used for treating various forms of dermatitis, including. such pronounced scaling skin, eczema, seborrhoeic dermatitis, psoriasis, insect bites.
Betazon cream is suitable in cases where wet and wetting inflammatory skin changes.

2 BEFORE USING BETAZON
Do not use Betazon:
- If you are allergic (hypersensitive) to Betamethasone or any of the other ingredients of Betazon;
- If you have a skin infection (napr.drebna pox, herpes, acne).
- If your skin is irritated or ulcerated.
The product should not be used without a doctor's appointment in infants less than one year to be applied around the lips, genitals. Its use in the vicinity of the eyes, and placement of these can lead to the development of glaucoma.
Take special care with Betazon
If skin sores become infected, you may appoint antibiotics, other appropriate means, and in the spread of infection treatment be discontinued.
Putting clamping pads facilitates infection, so they should be used rarely and as a last resort.
If itching and redness escalate skin inflammation expand, this may be a sign of allergy and need to stop the treatment.
Long-term treatment with the corticosteroid, particularly at high doses, may cause thinning, pigmentation of the skin and the extension of the skin blood vessels, most commonly after application to the face or skin folds.
Long use, high doses or treatment of extensive areas can result in significant penetration of the active substance in the blood and impair the function of the adrenal glands. So do not use the product more than 4-5 days. The risk is greater in young children or frequent and prolonged use of constricting bandage (diapers can have an effect thereof).
Regular medical control is needed in patients with psoriasis since it is possible to weaken the effect (resulting from the ingress), chronic disease, reduce the protective capability of the skin and increase the risk of skin infections.
Taking other medicines
Please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking or have recently taken any other medicines, including medicines obtained without a prescription, although there are no known interactions of Betamethasone applied to the skin with other medicines.
Pregnancy and lactation
Ask your doctor or pharmacist before taking any medicine.
If you are pregnant or breastfeeding should avoid use of this product, especially for long periods of time or over large skin areas. Its use can be made only after an explicit prescription.
Driving and using machines
This product does not adversely affect the ability to drive and use machines.
 
3 HOW TO USE BETAZON
Always use Betazon exactly as prescribed by your doctor. If you are not sure, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
A small amount of cream is applied 2-3 times daily to the affected skin to achieve improvement. Maintenance treatment - once daily administration or less depending on clinical judgment.
If after 2-4 weeks of treatment there is no improvement, your doctor will assess the appropriateness of its continuation.
The product is applied in a thin layer in the smallest possible amount, resulting effect. Gentle massage facilitates the penetration depth of the skin. If there are thickened plaques and flakes in the elbows and knees in patients with psoriasis, the effect can be enhanced by tight dressing up overnight, and then to continue treatment in the established manner. The duration of treatment with Betazon must be determined by your doctor.
 
STORAGE BETAZON:
Keep out of reach of children.
Betazon not use after the expiry date stated on the carton. Drug store at temperatures below 25 degrees.
Do not use Betazon if you notice that change their appearance or shows other signs of deterioration. Orarnete pharmacist for advice.
Medicines should not be disposed of via wastewater or household waste.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Contents Betazon?
Active substance in 1 g cream 1 mg Betamethasone / as valerate /
The other ingredients are chlorocresol, sodium dihydrogen phosphate dihydrate, phosphoric acid, cetomacrogol, cetostearyl alcohol, paraffin, liquid paraffin, white soft, purified water