Betamethasone is available in numerous medicines suitable for different routes of administration (topical / cutaneous, oral, parenteral), both alone and in combination with other active ingredients. In most cases, in order to be dispensed, the medicines a based on betamethasone only require a repeatable medical prescription (RR); some of them are classified as class C drugs, therefore, their cost is fully borne by the citizen; others, however, are classified as class A drugs therefore , where applicable, their cost can be reimbursed by the National Health System (SSN).
Of course, one of the best known associations of betamethasone is that with gentamicin. For more information on medicines containing both of these active ingredients, please refer to the dedicated article: Gentamicin and Betamethasone: What they are used for and how they are used.
