General Guidance
Recommended drugs
Mild: Hydrocortisone cream/ointment 0.5% and 1%
Moderately potent: Eumovate 0.05% cream/ointment
Potent: Betamethasone valerate 0.1% cream/ointment
Very potent: Dermovate 0.05% cream/ointment
With antimicrobials
Timodine cream (hydrocortisone 0.5%, nystatin 100 000 units/g, benzalkonium chloride solution 0.2%, dimeticone ‘350’ 10%)
Trimovate cream (clobetasone butyrate 0.05%, oxytetracycline 3% (as calcium salt), nystatin 100 000 units/g)
Daktacort cream or ointment (hydrocortisone 1%, miconazole nitrate 2%)
Fucidin H cream (hydrocortisone acetate 1%, fusidic acid 2%)
Canestan HC cream (hydrocortisone 1%, clotrimazole 1%)
Drug Traffic Light Key:
Green – On Formulary
Amber – Restricted use, see local guidelines
Purple – Specialist use/initiation
Red – Non Formulary
Relative Costs Key (where indicated):
£££££ - high
£££ - moderate
£ - low
Drug Traffic Light Key:
Green – On Formulary
Amber – Restricted use, see local guidelines
Purple – Specialist use/initiation
Red – Non Formulary
Relative Costs Key (where indicated):
£££££ - high
£££ - moderate
£ - low