Medicines Management & Pharmacy Services (MMPS) Topical Corticosteroids Available at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Information
Mild to Moderate Potency ( Potent and very potent on the following page)
Mild Corticosteroids: Brand Name Active Ingredients Formulation Dioderm ® Hydrocortisone 0.1% Cream Hydrocortisone Hydrocortisone 0.5% Cream and Ointment Hydrocortisone Hydrocortisone 1% *suggested first line formulary choice* Cream and Ointment Hydrocortisone Hydrocortisone 2.5% Cream Mild Corticosteroids with Antimicrobials Brand Name Active Ingredients Formulation Canestan HC ® Hydrocortisone 1%, Clotrimazole 1% Cream Daktacort ® Hydrocortisone 1%, Miconazole nitrate 2% Cream and Ointment Fucidin H ® Hydrocortisone 1%, Fusidic acid 2% Cream Hydrocortisone 0.5%,Nystatin 100,000units/g, Benzalkonium Timodine ® chloride 0.2%, Dimeticone ‘350’ 10% Cream
Moderate Corticosteroids Brand Name Active Ingredients Formulation Betnovate RD ® Betamethasone 0.025% *suggested first line formulary choice* Ointment Eumovate ® Clobetasone butyrate 0.05% Cream and Ointment Fludroxycortide Fludroxycortide 0.0125% Cream, Ointment, Tape
Moderate Corticosteroids with Antimicrobials Brand Name Active Ingredients Formulation Trimovate ® Clobetasone butyrate 0.05%, Oxytetracycline 3%, Cream Nystatin 100,000 units/g
Potent and Very Potent (mild and moderate potency on previous page)
Potent Corticosteroids Brand Name Active Ingredients Formulation Betnovate ® Betamethasone valerate 0.1% *suggested first line formulary choice* Scalp application Betamethasone Betamethasone valerate 0.1% *suggested first line formulary choice* Cream and ointment Cutivate ® Fluticasone propionate 0.05% Cream Cutivate ® Fluticasone propionate 0.005% Ointment Elocon ® Mometasone furoate 0.1% Lotion, Cream Mometasone Mometasone 0.1% Cream and Ointment Metosyn ® Fluocinonide 0.05% Cream and Ointment Synalar ® Fluocinolone acetonide 0.025% Cream, Gel, Ointment
Potent Corticosteroids with Antimicrobials Brand Name Active Ingredients Formulation Betamethasone Betamethasone valerate 0.1%, Clioquinol 3% with Clioquinol Cream and Ointment Betamethasone with Neomycin Betamethasone valerate 0.1%, Neomycin sulphate 0.5% Cream and Ointment Fucibet ® Betamethasone valerate 0.1%, Fusidic acid 2% Cream Synalar-C ® Fluocinolone acetonide 0.025%, Clioquinol 3% Ointment Synalar-N ® Fluocinolone acetonide 0.025%, Neomycin sulphate 0.5% Cream and Ointment
Other Potent Corticosteroid Combination Preparations Brand Name Active Ingredients Formulation Diprosalic ® Betamethasone dipropionate 0.05%, Salicylic Acid 3% Ointment, Scalp application Betamethasone dipropionate 0.05%, Dovobet ® Calcipotriol 50micrograms/g Ointment
Very Potent Corticosteroids Brand Name Active Ingredients Formulation Dermovate ® Clobetasol propionate 0.05% Scalp application, ointment Clobaderm ® Clobetasol propionate 0.05% Cream and Ointment
Very Potent Corticosteroids with Antimicrobials Brand Name Active Ingredients Formulation Clobetasol NN ® Clobetasol propionate 0.05%, Neomycin sulphate 0.5%, Ointment Nystatin 100,000 units/g
Note: Prescribe new supplies of topical products (emollients and corticosteroids) for use after a skin infection has cleared, and advise the patient to discard the old products. Contamination of emollient preparations with S. aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa has been reported.
Further formulary options are available in primary care: http://nww.lhp.leedsth.nhs.uk/leedspathways/files/Dermatology/Steroid%20Ladder.pdf
References and Provenance MiDatabank 139761/146204/150219/153510 Date Produced: 30/12/14 last updated 11 April 2019 Next Review Date: April 2022 Author: Jade Atkinson, pre-registration trainee Pharmacy Technician Quality Assurance Check and updated by: Helen Taylor, Pharmacy Technician,Leeds Medicines Formulary Manager Produced by The Leeds Medicines Advice Service For further information contact [email protected] ext 65377
This information has been prepared by Leeds Medicines Management and Pharmacy Services for use by health care professionals at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust