An Overview of Uses for Fluocinonide Ointment
Fluocinonide ointment (
Lidex®) is a prescription skin medication used to treat inflammation and itching due to a wide variety of conditions. Some of these conditions include but are not limited to:
Fluocinonide ointment is approved to treat any skin condition that is responsive to corticosteroids. There are also other medications that have the same active ingredient as this ointment. These other forms of fluocinonide include:
In general, ointments and emollient creams are more moisturizing products than the gels and topical solutions.
How Does This Medicine Work?
Fluocinonide ointment is part of a group of medications known as glucocorticoids, which are a type of corticosteroid (or "steroid" for short). Although glucocorticoids have numerous effects in the body, they are used mostly for their anti-inflammatory or immune-suppressing properties. Fluocinonide ointment works for most conditions by decreasing inflammation or suppressing an overactive immune system.
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