DIPROSALIC Ointment Ref.[27526] Active ingredients: Betamethasone Salicylic acid

Source: Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB)  Revision Year: 2021  Publisher: Organon Pharma (UK) Limited, Hertford Road, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, EN11 9BU, UK

Product name and form

Diprosalic 0.05% w/w / 3% w/w Ointment.

Pharmaceutical Form

Ointment.

Qualitative and quantitative composition

Betamethasone Dipropionate 0.064% w/w*

(* equivalent to 0.05% Betamethasone)

Salicylic Acid 3.00% w/w

Active Ingredient Description
Betamethasone

Betamethasone is a glucocorticoid which is about eight to ten times as active as prednisolone on a weight-for-weight basis. Betamethasone has anti-inflammatory, antipruritic, and vasoconstrictive properties.

Salicylic acid

Salicylic acid has bacteriostatic and fungicidal actions, but it is its keratolytic properties which are important for this medicinal product. When applied externally it produces slow and painless destruction of the epithelium.

List of Excipients

Liquid paraffin
White soft paraffin

Pack sizes and marketing

15, 30 or 100 gm expoxy-lined aluminium tubes with plastic caps.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.

Marketing authorization holder

Organon Pharma (UK) Limited, Hertford Road, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, EN11 9BU, UK

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

PL 00025/0570

10 June 1986 / 29 July 2004

Drugs

Drug Countries
DIPROSALIC Austria, Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, United Kingdom, South Africa

© All content on this website, including data entry, data processing, decision support tools, "RxReasoner" logo and graphics, is the intellectual property of RxReasoner and is protected by copyright laws. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of any part of this content without explicit written permission from RxReasoner is strictly prohibited. Any third-party content used on this site is acknowledged and utilized under fair use principles.