ELOCON Cream Ref.[7525] Active ingredients: Mometasone

Source: Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB)  Revision Year: 2019  Publisher: Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited, Hertford Road, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, EN11 9BU, UK

Product name and form

Elocon 0.1% w/w Cream.

Pharmaceutical Form

Cream.

Qualitative and quantitative composition

Mometasone furoate 0.1% w/w.

For full list of excipients see section 6.1.

Active Ingredient Description
Mometasone

Mometasone is a topical glucocorticoid with local anti-inflammatory properties. It is likely that much of the mechanism for the effects of mometasone lies in its ability to inhibit the release of mediators of the inflammatory cascade.

List of Excipients

Hexylene glycol
Phosphoric acid
Hydrogenated soybean lecithin
Titanium dioxide
Aluminium starch octenylsuccinate
White wax
White soft paraffin
Purified water

Pack sizes and marketing

5, 15, 30 and 100 gram size, epoxy lined aluminum tubes having a screw threaded neck finish sealed with an aluminum membrane. Each tube is supplied with a white high density polyethylene (HDPE) screw cap which has a piercing tip to puncture open the aluminum membrane on the neck.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.

Marketing authorization holder

Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited, Hertford Road, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, EN11 9BU, UK

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

PL 00025/0577

19 November 1991 / 15 April 2002

Drugs

Drug Countries
ELOCON Austria, Australia, Cyprus, Germany, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa

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