Derson Ointment Strength: 0.1%

ডারসন মলম হলো ০.১% বিটামিথাসন ভ্যালিরেট সমৃদ্ধ একটি টপিক্যাল কর্টিকোস্টেরয়েড, যা কেমিকো ফার্মাসিউটিক্যালস লিমিটেড দ্বারা উৎপাদিত। মলম আকারে প্রাপ্ত এই ঔষধ একজিমা, সোরিয়াসিস এবং অ্যালার্জিক ডার্মাটাইটিসের চিকিৎসায় ব্যবহৃত হয়। মূল্য ৳৩৬.০০, সংরক্ষণ করতে হবে ৩০°সে-এর নিচে, আলো ও আর্দ্রতা থেকে দূরে। চিকিৎসকের পরামর্শে ব্যবহার প্রয়োজন।

Apply sparingly to the affected area two or three times daily until improvement occurs, then twice daily or less. The usual maximum duration of therapy is three weeks.

The following local adverse reactions are more common with the use of high doses, long term use and with the use of occlusive dressings of Cream/Ointment: dryness, itching, burning, skin thinning, local irritation, features of hypercorticolism, telagiectasia, striaea, skin atrophy. hypertrichosis, change in pigmentation, secondary infection, perioral dermatiis, allergic contact dermatitis, maceration of the skin, acneform eruption, exacerbation of symptoms.

It should not be used extensively in pregnancy.

Derson Cream/Ointment is usually well tolerated but if signs of hypersensitivity appear, application should be stopped. Long term continuous topical therapy should be avoided where possible, particularly in children as adrenal suppression may occur even without occlusion. When extensive areas are treated, sufficient systemic absorption may occur to produce symptoms of hypercorticolism. This effect is more likely if occlusive dressings are used, or if the treatment is prolonged. The face or other areas of the body may exhibit atrophic changes after prolonged treatment. If applied to the eyelids, care is needed to ensure that the preparation does not enter the eye, as glaucoma might result. Any spread of the infection requires withdrawal of topical corticosteroid therapy.