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diflorasone diacetate
Indications:
- short-term treatment of inflammation & pruritus secondary to severe steroid-responsive dermatoses
- allergic dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, contact dermatitis
- seborrheic dermatitis
- cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
- discoid lupus
- psoriasis
- lichen simplex chronicus
- granuloma annulare [3]
Dosage:
Topical: apply 0.05% cream/ointment sparingly BID/TID.
Very high potency (0.05%), (15, 30, 60 g).
Adverse effects:
- uncommon (< 1%)
- burning, itching, irritation, dryness, folliculitis, hypertrichosis, acne, hypopigmentation, perioral dermatitis, allergic contact dermatitis, skin maceration, secondary infection, skin atrophy, striae, miliaria
Interactions
drug interactions
drug adverse effects (more general classes)
monitor with drug (more general classes)
Specific
Diflorasone Topical (Psorcon, Florone, Maxiflor)
General
antipruritic agent
glucocorticoid
Properties
MISC-INFO: pregnancy-category C
safety in lactation ?
Database Correlations
PUBCHEM correlations
References
- The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 9th ed.
Gilman et al, eds. Permagon Press/McGraw Hill, 1996
- Kaiser Permanente Northern California Regional Drug
Formulary, 1998
- Deprecated Reference