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Drug Details

Ultrabase

• Drug Class Description
  Emollients.
• Generic Name
  White soft paraffin, liquid paraffin, stearyl alcohol
• Presentation
  Cream
• Description
  Cream, white soft paraffin 10%, liquid paraffin 10%, stearyl alcohol 8%.
• Indications
  

  For general use as:

  - an emollient

  - a diluent for dermatological preparations and

  - a vehicle for various dermatological medicaments.

  Additionally, it may be alternated with topical corticosteroids when the latter are being gradually withdrawn, and may be continued alone after complete withdrawal of the topical corticosteroid.

• Adult Dosage
  

  For topical administration as required.

• Contra Indications
  

  Hypersensitivity to any of the components of Ultrabase.