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Least potent (group seven) Hydrocortisone (base) Ointment Hytone® 2.5 Yes Cream Hytone®, Nutracort® Δ 2.5 Yes Lotion Hytone® 2.5 Yes Solution Texacort® 2.5 Yes Hydrocortisone acetate with pramoxine 1 percent combination Ointment Pramosone® 1 or 2.5 Yes Cream Pramosone®, Analpram HC 1 or 2.5 Yes Lotion Pramosone®, Analpram HC 1 or 2.5 Yes Aerosol foam Epifoam® 1 Yes Hydrocortisone (base) Ointment Cortaid®, Hytone®, Nutracort® 1 Yes Cream Cortaid®, Hytone®, Synacort 1 Yes Lotion Aquinil HC®, Sarnol HC®, Cortizone-10® 1 Yes Spray Cortaid® 1 Yes Solution Cortaid®, Noble®, Scalp relief® 1 Yes Ointment Cortaid® 0.5 Yes Cream Cortaid® 0.5 Yes * Listed by potency according to the USA classification system: group one is the most potent, group seven is the least potent. Other countries use a different classification system with only four or five groups. • Vehicle and base ingredient(s) for generic products, in some cases, may not be identical to trade version. Δ Inactive US trade name for specific product; brand may be available outside US. Data from: Lexicomp Online. Copyright © 1978-2013 Lexicomp, Inc. All Rights Reserved; and Tadicherla S, Ross K, Shenefelt D, Topical corticosteroids in dermatology; Journal of Drugs in Dermatology 2009; 12:1093.

©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Amount of topical medication for adult use BID/1 week TID/2 week BID/4 week Face and neck 15 g 45 g 60 g Trunk 60 g 180 g 240 g One arm 15 g 45 g 60 g One leg 30 g 90 g 120 g Hands and feet 15 g 45 g 60 g Body 180 g 0.75 to 1 kg 1.25 to 2 kg For children use one-third to one-half these amounts. BID: two times per day; TID: three times per day. Adapted from: Goldstein BG, Goldstein AO, Practical Dermatology 2nd ed, Mosby-Year Book, Inc, St. Louis, MO, 1997.