Product description:
- This product contains two active ingredients: betamethasone dipropionate and salicylic acid.
- Betamethasone dipropionate belongs to a class of drugs known as "topical corticosteroids" that work to reduce inflammation, itching, and redness of the skin.
- Salicylic acid is a medicine that works by softening the top layer of scales on the surface of the skin, allowing betamethasone dipropionate to reach the affected area of skin below the scales to help heal the skin disease.
- This product is used to treat adults and children with skin problems that include a layer of scales covering the affected skin.
- This product will help reduce itching and redness of the skin and remove the layer of scales.
How to use Betamethasone Dipropionate / Salicylic Acid:
- Wash and dry the affected area.
- Apply sparingly to the affected areas and rub in twice daily, morning and evening, or as directed.
Warnings and precautions:
- Stop taking the medicine immediately and talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you experience any allergic or skin reactions to any of the ingredients in this ointment, such as skin itching, skin redness, shortness of breath, rash, swelling of the face or neck, low blood pressure, and dizziness.
- This medication is for external topical use only. Do not swallow this product.
- Avoid contact of the ointment with the lips, eyes, mouth, sensitive areas of the neck and corners of the nose to avoid irritation.
- In case of accidental contact, make sure to rinse the area thoroughly with warm water and then leave it to dry.
- Make sure to tell your doctor if you have psoriasis before using this medicine.
Other medications and betamethasone dipropionate/salicylic acid:
- Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken, or might take any other medicines, including topical products.
How to store betamethasone dipropionate/salicylic acid:
- Keep out of reach of children and pets
- Store in a dry place below 25°C
- Do not use after the expiry date stated on the ointment.
- Do not dispose of medicines in sewage or household waste.
- Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of medications you no longer use.
- Keep the medicine in its original packaging to protect it from moisture and light.
