DIPROSONE cream 15g.

What is Diprosone cream and what is it used?
Diprosone cream is a product of cortisone type of application on the skin. It belongs to a group of potent corticosteroids.
Diprosone cream is used to relieve redness, swelling, itching and discomfort that occur in skin conditions, responding to cortisone products.

2. What you should know before using the cream Diprosone

Do not use cream Diprosone
- If you are allergic to betamethasone or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6).

Warnings and Precautions
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before using Diprosone cream. This product is applied on the skin only. Avoid contact with eyes.
Before treatment with Diprozon cream, you tell your doctor if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, as well as any other disease you have, especially if infection. Avoid applying Diprosone cream on deep skin wounds, open wounds, burns or broken skin.
Diprosone cream can not be applied on large areas of the skin, as this increases the amount absorbed.
Consult your doctor if your skin condition gets worse or skin looks infected.

Children and adolescents
Diprozon cream is not recommended to be used in children under 12 years of age. Other medicines and Diprosone cream
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, you have recently taken or might take any other medicines, including medicines obtained without a prescription.

Pregnancy, lactation and fertility
If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, you think you may be pregnant or planning to become pregnant, ask your doctor or pharmacist before taking this medicine.

Driving and using machines
No data.

Important information about some of the ingredients of the cream Diprozon
Medicinal product contains chlorocresol, which might cause allergic reactions. It contains cetostearyl alcohol which may cause local skin reactions (eg. Contact dermatitis).

3. How to use Diprosone cream?

Always use this medicine exactly as you have been told by your doctor or pharmacist. If you're not sure, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
Apply a thin layer Diprosone cream to cover the affected area of skin and rub gently, usually once or twice daily (morning and evening). Do not place a bandage or cover treated skin, unless your doctor recommends. Do not use tight-fitting diapers in a child treated with Diprozon, unless your doctor recommends it.

If you use more than the amount Diprosone cream
Do not use this product more often or for longer than your doctor recommends.
In case of overdose or accidental ingestion, seek medical attention immediately. If you forget to use Diprosone cream

If you forget to use Diprosone cream, apply it as soon as possible, then return to the normal regimen.

If you stop using Diprosone cream
Your doctor will advise you when to stop using Diprosone
If you have any further questions on the use of this medicine, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

4. Possible side effects
Like all medicines, Diprosone cream can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them. If this happens, you may need medical intervention. Consult your doctor if any of these side effects persist longer or worry you: burning, itching, irritation, infection or skin dryness, irritation or redness of the face, increased hair growth, acne, change in skin color, thinning of the skin with easy bruising, stretch marks.
Some patients might develop adverse reactions are not listed, but are characteristic of systemic administration of medicinal products cortisone type.

Additional side effects in children and adolescents

Children and adolescents who have also used this product should be monitored by their doctor, because medicine is absorbed through the skin and can affect growth or cause other side effects.
If you get any side effects, contact your doctor or pharmacist. This includes all listed in this leaflet.

5. How to store Diprosone cream?
Do not store above 25 ° C. Do not freeze.
Keep out of direct sunlight. Keep out of reach of children.

Shelf life after opening: 3 months.
Do not use this medicine after the expiry date stated on the carton. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.
Do not dispose of medications in wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of medicines you no longer use. These measures will help to protect the environment.

6. Contents of the pack and further information
What Diprosone cream:
The active substance is: 0,5 mg / g Betamethasone (as 0,64 mg / g betamethasone dipropionate). The other ingredients are chlorocresol, sodium dihydrogen phosphate dihydrate, phosphoric acid, paraffin, liquid, cetostearyl alcohol, macrogol cetostearyl ether, paraffin, white soft, sodium hydroxide and purified water.

How does Diprosone cream and contents of the pack
Diprosone cream is available in aluminum tubes of 15g. Each tube along with an information sheet is placed in a cardboard box.