BD MediFluticasone Propionate
Fluticasone & combined preparations topical
Brands & Prices (28)
📋 Indications & Uses Dosage & Administration⚠️ Contraindications⚡ Side Effects & Adverse Reactions🛡️ Warnings & Precautions🔬 Pharmacology & Mechanism
Brand Formulations & Prices
28 brands sorted by unit price
Ticason
Flupion
Lutisone
Cutisone
Fluvate
T-Cort
Ticason
Flutiderm
Ticas
Flupro
Flutica
Flutivate
Cutisone
F-Pro
Flixonat
Flutispray
Fluvate
Lutisone
Nasoflu
Perinase
Fluvent
Fluticon
Flonaspray
Flonaspray Max
Flixocort
Flixocort
Fluair
Fluair
📖 Official Clinical Monograph
DGDA Approved Prescribing GuidelinesCutisone is indicated for the relief of inflammatory and pruritic manifestations of corticosteroid responsive eczema/dermatitis.
Dosage & AdministrationCream
: Apply a thin layer of Fluticasone propionate cream to the affected skin areas once daily.
Ointment
: Apply a thin layer of Fluticasone propionate Ointment to the affected skin areas twice daily.
Fluticasone propionate is contraindicated in Rosacea, Acne vulgaris, Perioral dermatitis, Primary cutaneous viral infections (e.g., Herpes simplex, chicken pox), Hypersensitivity to any of the ingredients, Perianal and genital pruritus, etc. The use of Fluticasone propionate is not indicated in the treatment of primarily infected skin lesions caused by infection with fungi or bacteria and dermatoses in children under one year of age, including dermatitis and napkin eruptions.
The Cutisone preparations are usually well tolerated; local burning and pruritus have been reported. If signs of hypersensitivity appear, application should be stopped immediately. Prolonged and intensive treatment with potent corticosteroid preparations may cause local atrophic changes in the skin such as thinning, striae, dilatation of the superficial blood vessels, hypertrichosis and hypopigmentation.
Secondary infection, particularly when occlusive dressings are used or when skin folds are involved and allergic contact dermatitis have also been reported with corticosteroid use. Exacerbation of the signs and symptoms of the dermatoses have been reported with corticosteroid use.
Prolonged use of large amounts of corticosteroids, or treatment of extensive areas, can result in sufficient systemic absorption to produce the features of hypercorticism. This effect is more likely to occur in infants and children, and if occlusive dressings are used. In infants, the napkin may act as an occlusive dressing.
Cutisone has a very low propensity for systemic absorption, nevertheless, prolonged application of high doses to large areas of the body surface, especially in infants and small children might lead to adrenal suppression. Children may absorb proportionally larger amounts of topical corticosteroids and thus be more susceptible to systemic toxicity. The face, more than other areas of the body, may exhibit atropic changes after prolonged treatment with potent topical corticosteroids. This must be borne in mind when treating severe eczema. Appropriate antimicrobial therapy should be used whenever treating inflammatory lesions which have become infected. Any spread of infection requires withdrawal of topical corticosteroid therapy and systemic administration of antimicrobial agents. Bacterial infection is encouraged by the warm, moist conditions induced by occlusive dressing, and so the skin should be cleansed before a fresh dressing is applied.
Fluticasone propionate is a glucocorticoid with high topical anti-inflammatorypotency, but a low HPA-axis suppressive activity after dermal administration. It, therefore, has a therapeutic index which is greater than most of the commonly available steroids. Fluticasone propionate has a high degree of selectivity for the glucocorticoid receptor. In vitro studies show that fluticasone propionate has a strong affinity for, and agonist activity at, human glucocorticoid receptors. This receptor is believed to be responsible for the anti-inflammatory properties of glucocorticoids. Fluticasone propionate has weak affinity forthe progesterone receptor, andvirtually no affinity for the mineralocorticoid, estrogen, or androgen receptors. The therapeutic potency of glucocorticoids is related to the half-life of the glucocorticoid-receptor complex. The half-life of the Fluticasone propionate glucocorticoid-receptor complex is approximately 10 hours.