This product carries an Expiry Date of less than 6 months at all times.
This product is sold strictly to healthcare professionals who hold a practice Licence.
Betamethasone Sodium Phosphate and Betamethasone Acetate Injectable Suspension, USP
Anti-inflammatory, antirheumatic and antiallergic effects in the treatment of corticosteroid-responsive disorders : prompt therapeutic activity is achieved by betamethasone sodium phosphate, which is absorbed quickly after injection and sustained activity is provided by betamethasone acetate, which is only slightly soluble and becomes a repository for slow absorption, thereby controlling symptoms over a prolonged period
Indications :
- I.M. injection in allergic, dermatologic, rheumatic, and other conditions responsive to systemic corticosteroids, including bursitis
- injection directly into the affected tissues in bursitis and associated inflammatory disorders of tendons such as tenosynovitis, and inflammatory disorders of muscle such as fibrosis and myositis
- intra-articular and periarticular injection in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis
- intralesional injection in various dermatologic conditions; and local injection in certain inflammatory and cystic disorders of the foot
