It is on the World Health Organization`s List of Essential Medicines, a list of the most important medication needed in a basic health system. == Medical uses == Betamethasone is a corticosteroid used as a topical cream to relieve skin irritation, such as itching and flaking from eczema. It is used as a treatment for local psoriasis, as betametha....
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<chemical> A glucocorticoid given orally, parenterally, by local injection, by inhalation, or applied topically in the management of various disorders in which corticosteroids are indicated. Its lack of mineralocorticoid properties makes betamethasone particularly suitable for treating cerebral oedema and congenital adrenal hyperplasia. ... P...
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(ba″tә-meth´ә-sōn) a synthetic glucocorticoid, the most active of the steroid antiinflammatory agents; used topically as the benzoate, dipropionate, or valerate salts as an antiinflammatory, topically or rectally as the sodium phosphate salt as an antiinflammatory, and systemically as the base or ...
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A common drug that is used to help develop the baby's lungs when it appears the woman will deliver prematurely, between the 24th and 34th week of pregnancy. Betamethasone is given in 2 injections, 24 hours apart. The drug causes the baby's lungs to produce surfactant, which would normally be produced later in fetal development.
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a synthetic analogue of a glucocorticoid, CHFO, used in various forms in the treatment of inflammation, allergies, and tumors, and for replacement therapy in adrenal insufficiency.
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