Hydrocortisonedrug info
hydrocortisone butyrate 1 MG/ML Topical Lotion
What it is used for
Hydrocortisone Butyrate Lotion is indicated for the topical treatment of mild to moderate atopic dermatitis in patients 3 months of age and older. Hydrocortisone Butyrate Lotion is a corticosteroid indicated for the topical treatment of mild to moderate atopic dermatitis in patients 3 months of age and older.
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective October 6, 2025. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
Description
Hydrocortisone Butyrate Lotion, 0.1% contains hydrocortisone butyrate, a non-fluorinated hydrocortisone ester, for topical use. Hydrocortisone butyrate is a corticosteroid. The chemical name of hydrocortisone butyrate is Pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione, 11,21-dihydroxy-17-[(1-oxobutyl)oxy(11β)-]. It has the following structural formula: Hydrocortisone butyrate is a white to off-white powder with a molecular weight of 432.56, and a molecular formula of C 25 H 36 O 6. It is practically insoluble in water, slightly soluble in ether, soluble in methanol, alcohol, and acetone, and freely soluble in chloroform. Each gram of Hydrocortisone Butyrate Lotion contains 1 mg of hydrocortisone butyrate in a white to off-white lotion base consisting of anhydrous citric acid, ceteth-20, cetostearyl alcohol, butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), butylparaben, light mineral oil, propylparaben, purified water, sodium citrate, and white petrolatum. Structural formula
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective October 6, 2025. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
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