Prednisolone Cream (GPO)

Description

What is it used for?

-Prednisolone Cream is used to treat a variety of inflammatory, allergic or itchy skin disorders such as those below. It’s prescribed when milder corticosteroids haven’t been effective.

-Skin inflammation due to allergies or irritants (allergic contact dermatitis or irritant contact dermatitis).

-Inflammatory skin condition with greasy, red and scaly areas (seborrhoeic dermatitis).

-Thickened skin rash caused by excessive scratching to relieve itching (neurodermatitis, eg lichen simplex).

-An eruption of hard nodules in the skin accompanied by intense itching (prurigo nodularis).

-Skin disorder causing a flat, itchy, violet rash, usually on the wrists, shins, lower back and genitals (lichen planus).

-Inflammatory skin disease is known as discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE).

-Intense and widespread reddening of the skin (generalised erythroderma) in combination with oral or injected corticosteroids.

-Reactions to insect bites and stings.