Beclomethasone dipropionate
Commercial
Anti-inflammatory
IP/ BP / USP/ EP
5534 – 09 – 8
CEP No. CEP 2014 – 036-Rev 02
ANVISA, KFDA, TFDA
Application – Inhaler, cream, pills, nasal spray
Drug Description
Beclomethasone dipropionate is a corticosteroid drug with anti-inflammatory and vasoconstrictive effects used to treat chronic inflammatory processes such as asthma, allergic rhinitis, corticosteroid-responsive dermatoses. When inhaled, it improves lung function, decreases airway hyper-reactivity, and reduces the severity of asthmatic symptoms. Beclomethasone dipropionate is a corticosteroid and prodrug that is rapidly activated by hydrolysis to the active monoester, 17 monopropionate (17-BMP), which mediates anti- inflammatory actions.

