Fluprednidene: Indication, Dosage, Side Effect, Precaution

This information is not country-specific. Please refer to the Myanmar prescribing information.

Generic Medicine Info

Indications and Dosage

Topical/Cutaneous
Corticosteroid-responsive dermatoses

Adult: As 0.1% cream or, 0.05 or 0.1% oint: Apply over affected areas as directed.

Contraindications

Application with occlusive dressings. Treatment of ulcerative conditions, rosacea. Indiscriminate use in pruritus.

Special Precautions

Risk of systemic absorption when applied to large areas, broken skin or under occlusive dressings. Pregnancy and lactation; elderly and child (long-term use).

Adverse Reactions

Hyperhidrosis, skin thinning and atrophy, dryness, irritation, epistaxis, loss of skin collagen, local hypopigmentation.
Potentially Fatal: Hypersensitivity reactions.

Drug Interactions

Reduced effects with barbiturates, carbamazepine, phenytoin, primidone, rifampicin. Excessive loss with thiazides, furosemide. Increase incidence of GI bleeding with NSAIDs. Decrease serum concentrations of salicylates. Decrease effect of antimuscarinics in myasthenia gravis. Increased requirements of antidiabetics and antihypertensives.

Action

Description: Fluprednidene is a corticosteroid with glucocorticoid activity.

MIMS Class

Topical Corticosteroids

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