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Ointment: Ointments are especially appropriate for dry, lichenified or scaly lesions.
Cream: Creams are especially appropriate for moist or weeping surfaces.
Adults, elderly and children over 1 year: Apply sparingly to the affected area once or twice daily until improvement occurs and discontinue when control is achieved. In the more responsive conditions this may be within a few days. Treatment should not be continued for more than four weeks without the patient’s condition being reviewed. Repeated short courses of DERMOVATE may be used to control exacerbations. If continuous steroid treatment is necessary, a less potent preparation should be used.
In very resistant lesions, especially where there is hyperkeratosis, the effect of DERMOVATE can be enhanced, if necessary, by occluding the treatment area with polythene film.
Overnight occlusion only is usually adequate to bring about a satisfactory response. Thereafter improvement can usually be maintained by application without occlusion.
