Trimovate available to prescribe again

by Chloe Harman on the 7 March 2019

GPs can prescribe the steroid/antibiotic cream Trimovate again following the product's relaunch.

Trimovate is available to prescribe again. | SHEILA TERRY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
Trimovate is available to prescribe again. | SHEILA TERRY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Trimovate (clobetasone/nystatin/oxytetracycline) has been relaunched as a licensed medicine by Ennogen Healthcare and is now available at an NHS list price of £12.45 for 30g.

Further information

View Trimovate drug recordMIMS Dermatology Clinic

The product was divested by the previous manufacturer in October 2017 and its subsequent lack of availability was highlighted by GPs who took part in a recent drug shortages survey by GPonline.

Trimovate is a steroid/antibiotic combination cream used to treat steroid-responsive dermatoses where candidal or bacterial infection (except due to Acinetobacter, MRSA, Pseudomonas, Proteus, Serratia or Streptococcus B) is present or likely.

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