Monograph
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.
Similar drugs
Tradenames
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Betamethason · Betamethason Teva 1 mg/g, cr?me · Betamethason Teva 1 mg/g, zalf · Betamethason Xiromed 1 mg/g, oplossing voor cutaan gebruik · Betnelan emulsie voor cutaan gebruik 1 mg/g, emulsie voor cutaan gebruik · Betnelan vloeistof voor cutaan gebruik 1 mg/g, vloeistof voor cutaan gebruik · Betnelan zalf 1 mg/g, zalf · Diprolene 0,5 mg/g zalf, zalf · Diprosone · Diprosone 0,05% lotion, lotion 0,5 mg/g · Diprosone 0,5 mg/g cr?me · Diprosone cr?me 0,05%, cr?me 0,5 mg/g · Diprosone cr?me, cr?me 0,5 mg/g · Diprosone oplossing voor cutaan gebruik, oplossing voor cutaan gebruik 0,5 mg/g · Diprosone zalf, zalf 0,5 mg/g 
Betnelan V 0.1 % pommade · Betnelan V 0.1 % sol. cut. · Diprolene · Diprolene 0.5 mg/g cr?me · Diprolene 0.5 mg/g pommade · Diprosone · Diprosone 0.05 % sol. cut. · Diprosone 0.5 mg/g cr?me · Diprosone 0.5 mg/g pommade 
BETNOVATE 1 mg/g CREMA · BETNOVATE 1 mg/g SOLUCION CUTANEA · CELECREM 0,5 mg/g CREMA · CELECREM 1 mg/g CREMA · Cortitape 2,250 mg Aposito Adhesivo Medicamentoso · DIPRODERM 0,5 mg/g CREMA · DIPRODERM 0,5 mg/g POMADA · DIPRODERM 0,5 mg/g SOLUCION CUTANEA 
Bettamousse 
BETADERM 1 mg/g · BETAMETAZONA FITERMAN 0,5 mg/g · CLO-EKARZIN 0,50 mg/10 mg · EKARZIN 0,5 mg/g 
Audavate · Betacap · Betamethasone · Betamethasone dipropionate · Betamethasone dipropionate 0.05% ointment 25% in White soft paraffin · Betamethasone dipropionate 0.05% ointment 50% in White soft paraffin · Betamethasone valerate · Betamethasone valerate 0.025% ointment 50% in Coal tar paste · 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 5% 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% ointment 10% in Emulsifying ointment · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% ointment 20% in Emulsifying ointment · 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 White soft paraffin · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% ointment 50% in Hydrous ointment · Betamethasone valerate 0.1% ointment 50% in White soft paraffin · Betnovate · Betnovate RD · Bettamousse · Diprosone 
Bekuval · Bemeson · Betamethason Nordic Prime · Betamethason Orifarm · Betnovat · Betnovate · Bettamousse · Diproderm 
BetaGalen · Betnovat · Betnovate · Soderm 
Beloderm · Betnovate · Diprolene 
Betnelan-v · Diprosone 
Betnovat 
Bemetson · Betnovat Scalp 
Celestoderm-V 
Beloderm®
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