Cortizone is used for reducing itching, soreness, and swelling connected with numerous skin conditions.
Cortizone is a topical corticosteroid. It works by depressing the development, release, and activity of various cells and chemicals that cause swelling, redness, and itching.
Do NOT use Cortizone if:
- you dislike any component in Cortizone.
Contact your doctor or health care company immediately if any of these use to you.
Before using Cortizone
Some medical conditions might communicate with Cortizone. Inform your doctor or pharmacist if you have any medical conditions, specifically if any of the following apply to you:.
- if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding.
- if you are taking any prescription or nonprescription medication, herbal preparation, or dietary supplement.
- if you have allergies to medications, foods, or other substances.
- if you have a skin infection, measles, thinning of the skin, tuberculosis (TB), chicken pox, shingles, a positive TB skin test, or have recently had a vaccination.
- if you have anal itching or bleeding or genital itching.
Some MEDICINES MAY INTERACT with Cortizone. Due to the fact that little, if any, of Cortizone is soaked up into the blood, the risk of it connecting with another medication is low.
Ask your healthcare provider if Cortizone might communicate with other medications that you take, according to iytmed.com. Talk to your health care supplier before you begin, stop, or change the dosage of any medication.
Cortisone Cream Side Effects
In addition to its required results, some undesirable effects may be caused by hydrocortisone topical. In case any of these side effects do take place, they might need medical attention.
Severity: Major
You must contact your doctor immediately if any of these side effects happen when taking hydrocortisone topical:.
More common:
- Skin rash, encrusted, scaly, and oozing.
- stinging.
Less typical:
- Burning, itching, redness, skin rash, swelling, or soreness at the application site.
- cough or hoarseness.
- dry skin.
- fever or chills.
- itching in the genital or other skin areas.
- lower back or side pain.
- painful or tough urination.
- rash.
- rash with flat lesions or small raised sores on the skin.
- skin irritation.
Occurrence not known:
- Blistering, burning, crusting, dryness, or flaking of the skin.
- itching, scaling, severe inflammation, discomfort, or swelling of the skin.
- inflammation and scaling around the mouth.
- thinning of the skin with simple bruising, particularly when used on facial or intertriginous areas.
Severity: Minor
Some of the side effects that can occur with hydrocortisone topical might not need medical attention. As your body adapts to the medicine during treatment these side effects may go away. Your health care specialist might also be able to tell you about ways to reduce or prevent a few of these side effects. If any of the following side effects continue, are annoying or if you have any questions about them, consult your healthcare professional:
Less typical:
- Diarrhea.
- indigestion.
- anorexia nervosa.
- nausea or vomiting.
- passing of gas.
- stomach pain, fullness, or discomfort.
Incidence not known:
- Acne or pimples.
- burning and itching of the skin with pinhead-sized red blisters.
- burning, itching, and pain in hairy areas, or pus at the root of the hair.
- increased hair growth on the forehead, back, arms, and legs.
- lightening of regular skin color.
- lightening of treated areas of dark skin.
- reddish purple lines on the arms, face, legs, trunk, or groin.
- softening of the skin.
For Healthcare Professionals
Uses to hydrocortisone topical: intensifying powder, rectal cream with applicator, rectal foam, rectal lotion, rectal solution, rectal suppository, topical cream, topical gel, topical package, topical cream, topical ointment, topical pad, topical paste, topical solution, topical spray, topical stick.
General
The most commonly reported side effects were burning, itching, inflammation, dryness, and folliculitis.
Cardiovascular
Frequency not reported: Bradycardia, heart attack, cardiac arrhythmias, heart enhancement, circulatory collapse, congestive heart failure, fat embolism, hypertension, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in premature babies, myocardial rupture following current myocardial infarction, syncope, tachycardia, thromboembolism, thrombophlebitis, vasculitis.
Endocrine
Frequency not reported: HPA axis suppression, reduced carbohydrate and glucose tolerance, development of cushingoid state, glycosuria, hirsutism, hypertrichosis, increased requirements for insulin or oral hypoglycemic representatives in diabetes, manifestations of latent diabetes mellitus, menstrual irregularities, secondary adrenocortical and pituitary unresponsiveness (particularly in times of stress, as in injury, surgery, or health problem), suppression of growth in pediatric patients.
Immunologic
Frequency not reported: Decreased resistance to infection, concomitant skin infections.
Ocular
Frequency not reported: Exophthalmos, glaucoma, increased intraocular pressure, posterior subcapsular cataracts, uncommon instances of blindness associated with periocular injections.
Psychiatric
Frequency not reported: Depression, mental illness, ecstasy, sleeping disorders, mood swings, personality changes, psychic conditions.
Local
Frequency not reported: Burning, itching, irritation, dryness, folliculitis.
Gastrointestinal
Frequency not reported: Abdominal distention, nausea, pancreatitis, peptic ulcer with possible perforation and hemorrhage, perforation of the small and large intestinal tract (particularly in patients with inflammatory bowel disease), ulcerative esophagitis.
Musculoskeletal
Frequency not reported: Aseptic necrosis of femoral and humeral heads, Charcot-like arthropathy, loss of muscle mass, muscle weakness, osteoporosis, pathologic fracture of long bones, steroid myopathy, tendon rupture, vertebral compression fractures.
Hypersensitivity
Frequency not reported: Anaphylactoid response, anaphylaxis, angioedema.
Respiratory
Frequency not reported: Pulmonary edema.
Dermatologic
Frequency not reported: Acne, allergic dermatitis, cutaneous and subcutaneous atrophy, dry flaky skin, ecchymoses and petechiae, edema, erythema, hyperpigmentation, hypopigmentation, damaged injury recovery, increased sweating, rash, sterilized abscess, striae, reduced responses to skin tests, thin fragile skin, thinning scalp hair, urticaria, miliaria, telangiectasia.
Metabolic
Frequency not reported: Fluid retention, hypokalemic alkalosis, potassium loss, salt retention, negative nitrogen balance due to protein catabolism, increased cravings, weight gain.
Hepatic
Frequency not reported: Elevation in serum liver enzyme levels (typically reversible upon discontinuation), hepatomegaly.
Nerve system
Frequency not reported: Convulsions, headache, increased intracranial pressure with papilledema (pseudotumor cerebri) generally following discontinuation of treatment, neuritis, neuropathy, vertigo.
Other
Frequency not reported: Abnormal fat deposits, hiccups, increased or decreased motility and number of spermatozoa, despair.
Generic Name: hydrocortisone (hye-droe-KOR-ti-sone).
Brand Name: Examples include Cortizone-10 and Hytone.
