Once-daily treatment of psoriasis with topical glucocorticosteroid ointments.
A double-blind, vehicle-controlled comparison of two glucocorticosteroid ointments demonstrated that once-daily therapy for psoriasis was effective. After 3 weeks of once-daily therapy, psoriasis subjects treated with betamethasone dipropionate (BD) ointment or diflorasone diacetate (DD) ointment showed statistically significant (p less than 0.01) improvement compared to subjects using vehicle alone.
D000287:Administration, Topical; D000328:Adult; D001623:Betamethasone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009824:Ointments; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000188:drug therapy*
D009824:Ointments; C011175:betamethasone-17,21-dipropionate; D001623:Betamethasone; C014477:diflorasone