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Safety leaflet on topical corticosteroids and withdrawal reactions to help patients and their carers to use these medicines safely.

• Updated: 29 May 2024

Take care when using creams to treat dry skin conditions as they can easily dry onto clothing, bedding and bandages making them more flammable.

• Updated: 26 May 2021

• Updated: 15 September 2021

Topical steroid products are safe and highly effective treatments for the management of a wide range of inflammatory skin diseases but have important risks, especially with prolonged use at high potency. In the coming months, as a result of regulatory...

• Updated: 29 May 2024

• Updated: 11 January 2021

• Updated: 30 January 2025

Check the tariff classification for surface-active preparation for washing the skin and the hair (gel 2-in-1).

• Updated: 1 February 2024

How to spot lumpy skin disease, what to do if you suspect it and how to prevent it spreading.

• Updated: 28 September 2023

This national approval was granted after an Access Consortium new active substance work-sharing initiative (NASWSI) procedure.

• Updated: 17 February 2025

• Updated: 12 December 2023