<unk>  is a corticosteroid that is available as a pill, by injection, and as an ointment, cream, lotion, gel, or aerosol (spray) for the skin, and a foam for the scalp. When given by injection, anti-inflammatory effects begin in around two hours and last for seven days. It is used as a topical cream to relieve skin irritation, such as itching and flaking from eczema. It is used as a treatment for local psoriasis, as<unk>  dipropionate and salicylic acid, or as the combination calcipotriol/betamethasone dipropionate.<unk>  sodium phosphate is used orally and via injection with the same indications as other steroids. Many<unk> -based pharmaceuticals include the steroid as the valerate ester. In a randomized controlled trial<unk>  was shown to reduce some of the ataxia (poor coordination) symptoms associated with ataxia telangiectasia (A-T) by 28-31%.<unk>  is also used to stimulate fetal lung maturation in order to prevent infant respiratory distress syndrome (IRDS) and to decrease the incidence and mortality from intracranial hemorrhage in premature infants. A cream with 0.05%<unk>  appears effective in treating phimosis in boys, and often averts the need for circumcision. It has replaced circumcision as the preferred treatment method for some physicians in the British National Health Service.
Betamethasone
Carbetocin
Dexamethasone
Oxytocin 
Oxytocin
Chloroxylenol
Progestogen
Progestogen 