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Product Information of Ytacan Plus Cream

What you need to know before you use Ytacan Plus Cream

Do not use Ytacan Plus Cream

• if you are allergic to betamethasone dipropionate, clotrimazole or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (
• if your skin becomes irritated, or you develop an allergic reaction.
• on any other skin infections as it could make them worse, especially rosacea (a skin condition affecting the face), acne, dermatitis (skin inflammation) around the mouth, nappy rash or other skin infections.

Warnings and precautions

If you have psoriasis, your doctor may want to review your treatment regularly. Contact your doctor if your psoriasis gets worse or you get raised bumps filled with pus under your skin.

Contact your doctor immediately if you, or your child, experience blurred vision or other visual disturbances.

Side effects that may happen with inhaled or oral corticosteroids may also occur with corticosteroids used on the skin, especially in infants and children.

If you use more than the correct amount of cream and/or use it for longer than is recommended, it can affect the levels of certain hormones in the body, particularly in infants and children.

In adults the changes in hormone levels may lead rarely to puffiness or rounding of the face, weakness, tiredness, and dizziness when standing or sitting down.

Children

Do not use this medicine on children under 12 years of age unless advised by your doctor.

If you use more than the correct amount of cream and/or use it for longer than is recommended, it can affect your child’s hormones. Rarely this may lead to:

• Delayed growth and development
• A moon face or rounding of the face
• A build-up of pressure around the brain which can produce
  • a bulging of the fontanelle (the soft spot in the top of the skull) in infants
  • a constant thumping headache
  • blurred vision or other visual disturbances

Other medicines and Ytacan Plus Cream

Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are using, have recently used or might use any other medicines.

Pregnancy and breast-feeding

If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking this medicine.

Ytacan Plus Cream contains:

• cetostearyl alcohol, which may cause localised skin reactions (e.g. contact dermatitis).
• 100mg propylene glycol in each gram, which may cause skin irritation. Because this medicine contains propylene glycol, do not use it on open wounds or large areas of broken or damaged skin (such as burns) without checking with your doctor or pharmacist.
• 10mg benzyl alcohol in each gram, which may cause allergic reactions or mild local irritation.