Drug Information
Desoximetasone 0.25% (TOPOXY)
Indications
- Treatment of inflammatory hyperkeratotic dermatosis.
Contraindications and precautions
- Do not use if you had an allergic reaction to this medication or its components.
- Use with caution in patients with skin infection.
- Beware of prolonged use because it may cause allergic contact dermatitis. Click to listen highlighted text! Contraindications and precautions - Do not use if you had an allergic reaction to this medication or its components. - Use with caution in patients with skin infection. - Beware of prolonged use because it may cause allergic contact dermatitis.
Recommendations of drug use
- This medication is for topical use only.
- Avoid contact with the face, eyes, axillae, or groin.
- Apply only this medication to the affected area. You should not use other steroid-containing products on the same affected skin. Click to listen highlighted text! Recommendations of drug use - This medication is for topical use only. - Avoid contact with the face, eyes, axillae, or groin. - Apply only this medication to the affected area. You should not use other steroid-containing products on the same affected skin.
Adverse Reactions
- This medication may cause dry skin, itchy rash, skin irritation, or a burning sensation.
- This medication may cause atrophic condition of skin, changes of skin pigmentation. Long-term therapy may cause photosensitivity, acneiform eruptions. Click to listen highlighted text! Adverse Reactions - This medication may cause dry skin, itchy rash, skin irritation, or a burning sensation. - This medication may cause atrophic condition of skin, changes of skin pigmentation. Long-term therapy may cause photosensitivity, acneiform eruptions.
Drug storage
Store at a temperature not exceeding 25 degrees Celsius. Click to listen highlighted text! Drug storage Store at a temperature not exceeding 25 degrees Celsius.
The above information is drug information used for patient self-care only.
If you have any inquiries, please ask your physicians or pharmacists. Click to listen highlighted text! The above information is drug information used for patient self-care only. If you have any inquiries, please ask your physicians or pharmacists.
Desoximetasone In: In Depth Answers [database on the Internet]. Greenwood Village (CO): IBM Corporation; 2020 [cited 2021 Feb 9]. Available from: www.micromedexsolutions.com.