Betamethasone is a long-acting corticosteroid with immunosuppressive and antiinflammatory properties.[A192444] It can be used topically to manage inflammatory skin conditions such as eczema, and parenterally to manage several disease states including autoimmu…

Betamethasone phosphate is a prodrug that is rapidly hydrolyzed, providing rapidly accessible [betamethasone] to agonize glucocorticoid receptors.[L11994] Betamethasone provides greater anti-inflammatory activity than [prednisolone] with less sodium and water…