SPL Set ID: b5291e39-40a0-4362-9281-97f5fb4025d9
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Betamethasone dipropionate ointment USP (augmented), 0.05% contains betamethasone dipropionate USP, a synthetic adrenocorticosteroid, for topical use. Betamethasone, an analog of prednisolone, has a high degree of corticosteroid activity and a slight degree of mineralocorticoid activity. Betamethasone dipropionate is the 17, 21-dipropionate ester of betamethasone. Chemically, betamethasone dipropionate is 9-fluoro-11β,17,21-trihydroxy-16β-methylpregna-1,4-diene-3,20-dione 17,21-dipropionate, with the empirical formula C 28 H 37 FO 7 , a molecular weight of 504.6 and the following structural formula: It is a white to cream-white, odorless powder practically insoluble in water, freely soluble in acetone, in methylene chloride and in chloroform, sparingly soluble in ethanol (96%). Each gram of betamethasone dipropionate ointment USP (augmented), 0.05% contains 0.643 mg betamethasone dipropionate USP (equivalent to 0.5 mg betamethasone), in a white to off-white opaque ointment base of propylene glycol, propylene glycol monopalmitostearate, white petrolatum and white wax. structure