D07AC01 - Betamethasone |
Not porphyrinogenic |
NP |
Rationale
Several references stating non-porphyrinogenicity of glucocorticoids.
Chemical description
Glucocorticoid used in dermatology. Risk for systemic exposure in application on large areas of the skin. Glucocorticoid: South African list: use. Kalman, Bonkovsky: believed to be safe. The Merck Manual: use. Moore MR, Hift RJ: Drugs in acute porphyria. Cell Mol Biol 43:89, 1997: safe. Tschudy DP, Lamon JM: Porphyrin metabolism and the Porphyrias in Bondy BK, Rosenberg LE (eds): Duncan’s Diseases of Metabolism, Philadelphia, WB Saunders 1980, p 939: safe.
IPNet drug reports
Uneventful use reported in 5 patients with acute porphyria.
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Tradenames
Betamethason · Betnelan · Diprolene · Diprosone 
Betnelan · Diprolene · Diprosone 
Betnovate · Celecrem · Cortitape · Diproderm 
Betesil 
Bettamousse 
Betaderm · Betametazona · clo-Ekarzin · Ekarzin 
Betesil · Betnovate · Diprosone 
Audavate · Audavate RD · Betacap · Betamethasone · Betamethasone dipropionate 0.05% ointment 25% in Emulsifying ointment · Betamethasone dipropionate 0.05% ointment 25% in White soft paraffin · Betamethasone dipropionate 0.05% ointment 5% in White soft paraffin · Betamethasone dipropionate 0.05% ointment 50% in White soft paraffin · Betamethasone valerate · Betamethasone valerate 0.025% ointment 10% in White soft paraffin · Betamethasone valerate 0.025% ointment 50% in Coal tar paste · Betamethasone valerate 0.025% ointment 50% in White soft paraffin · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% cream 10% in Aqueous cream · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% cream 10% in Unguentum M cream · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% cream 10% in White soft paraffin · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% cream 20% in Aqueous cream · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% cream 25% in Yellow soft paraffin · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% cream 30% in Aqueous cream · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% cream 30% in Cetomacrogol cream (Formula A) · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% cream 5% in Aqueous cream · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% cream 50% in Aqueous cream · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% cream 50% in Buffered cream · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% cream 50% in Unguentum M cream · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% cream 75% in Aqueous cream · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% ointment 10% in Emulsifying ointment · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% ointment 10% in White soft paraffin · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% ointment 12.5% in White soft paraffin · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% ointment 20% in Emulsifying ointment · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% ointment 20% in Unguentum M cream · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% ointment 20% in White soft paraffin · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% ointment 25% in Emulsifying ointment · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% ointment 25% in Unguentum M cream · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% ointment 25% in White soft paraffin · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% ointment 30% in White soft paraffin · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% ointment 33% in White soft paraffin · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% ointment 40% in White soft paraffin · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% ointment 5% in White soft paraffin · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% ointment 50% in Aqueous cream · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% ointment 50% in Emulsifying ointment · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% ointment 50% in Hydrous ointment · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% ointment 50% in Unguentum M cream · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% ointment 50% in White soft paraffin · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% ointment 50% in Yellow soft paraffin · Betnovate · Betnovate RD · Bettamousse · Diprosone 
Bekuval · Bemeson · Betamethason · Betnovat · Betnovate · Bettamousse · Diproderm 
BetaGalen · Betnovat · Betnovate · Soderm 
Beloderm · Betnovate · Diprolene 
Betaderm · Diprolene · Diprosone · Ectosone · Sone · Topilene · Topisone 
Betnelan-v · Diprosone 
Betnovat 
Bemetson · Betnovat 
Bemon · Betnovate · Celestoderm-V 
Celestoderm-V 
Betnovate · Celestoderm-v 
Beloderm 
Beloderm · Diprosone · Flosteron · Kuterid