Source: Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB) Revision Year: 2021 Publisher: Generics [UK] Limited t/a Mylan, Station Close, Potters, Bar, Hertfordshire EN6, 1TL, United Kingdom
Xemacort 20 mg/g + 1 mg/g cream.
| Pharmaceutical Form |
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Cream. White to off white, smooth, homogeneous cream. |
1 g cream contains 20 mg fusidic acid and 1 mg betamethasone corresponding to 1,214 mg betamethasone valerate.
Excipients with known effect: Contains cetostearyl alcohol 72 mg/g and chlorocresol 1 mg/g.
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
| 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. |
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| Fusidic acid |
Fusidic acid belongs to a unique group of antibiotics, the fusidanes, which act to inhibit bacterial protein synthesis by blocking the lengthening of factor G. Fusidic acid is active against staphylococcus epidermidis and methicillin resistant staphylococci. |
| List of Excipients |
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Macrogol cetostearyl ether |
Aluminium tubes with a white conical polyethylene cap of 5 gram, 15 gram, 30 gram, and 60 grams.
Not all pack sizes may be marketed.
Generics [UK] Limited t/a Mylan, Station Close, Potters, Bar, Hertfordshire EN6, 1TL, United Kingdom
PL 04569/1625
Date of first authorisation: 23 March 2015
Date of latest renewal: 24 March 2020
| Drug | Countries | |
|---|---|---|
| XEMACORT | United Kingdom |
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