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Fluticasone/Mupirocin

Corticosteroid

POM
Evidence state Source-linked Review date not recorded
Route
ORAL / IV / IM / INHALED / TOPICAL / NASAL / OPHTHALMIC
Schedule
POM
ATC
Not assigned
PPB status
registered
Patient advice Check interactions
01 Risk first

Safety essentials

The information most likely to change a prescribing or dispensing decision.

Contraindications

  • [From component Fluticasone Propionate (skin)] Use on rosacea acne, peri-oral dermatitis, scabies, leg ulcers, tuberculous, untreated viral, bacterial or fungal infections, reaction to smallpox vaccination, first three months of pregnancy, continous prophylactic use.

Precautions

  • Shortest course, lowest dose.
  • Taper after prolonged systemic use.
  • Infection risk, hyperglycaemia, BP rise, mood changes, osteoporosis, avascular necrosis, glaucoma/cataract.
  • Adrenal insufficiency on withdrawal.
  • Stress-dose cover if indicated.
02 Point of care

Dosing matrix

Population and organ-function guidance, shown together for faster comparison.

Adult

Directions read the Quick Start Guide for how to: prime the bottle use the spray clean the spray nozzle shake gently before each use use this product only once a day do not use more than directed ADULTS AND CHILDREN 12 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER Week 1- use 2 sprays in each nostril once daily Week 2 through 6 months- use 1 or 2 sprays in each nostril once daily, as needed to treat your symptoms After 6 months of daily use – ask your doctor if you can keep using CHILDREN 4 TO 11 YEARS OF AGE the growth rate of some children may be slower while using this product. Children should use for the shortest amount of time necessary to achieve symptom relief. Talk to your child’s doctor if your child needs to use the spray for longer than two months a year. an adult should supervise use use 1 spray in each nostril once daily CHILDREN UNDER 4 YEARS OF AGE do not use

Paediatric

See label paediatric section if present; otherwise use paediatric formulary — do not extrapolate adult doses.

Renal

Fluid retention/hypertension — care in renal disease.

  • CrCl 0–120: Confirm renal dosing in product SmPC / primary label.
Hepatic

Prednisone needs hepatic activation to prednisolone.

03 Clinical use

Use, effects & interactions

Indications

  • Uses Temporarily relieves these symptoms of hay fever or other upper respiratory allergies: nasal congestion itchy, watery eyes itchy nose runny nose sneezing Clinical selection for Fluticasone/Mupirocin should follow culture results where relevant, Kenya STG/EML recommendations, and the current product SmPC.
  • Class context: Corticosteroid.
  • Confirm site-specific dose, duration and monitoring before prescribing.

Adverse effects

  • [From component Fluticasone Propionate (skin)] Local irritation e.g burning sensation and itching, erythema rare, dryness of the skin, aggravation of concurrent untreated infections, thinning of the skin (this may be reversible), loss of skin elasticity, folliculitis, change in skin pigmentation, telangiectasia, purpura and steroid acne, increased growth of hair, severe pituitary-adrenal axis suppression and hypercotism, cushoid state, growth retardation, benign intra-cranial hypertension.
  • Fixed-dose/multi-ingredient product.
  • Clinical details partially inherited from component monographs: Fluticasone Propionate (skin).
  • Confirm combination SmPC for exact dosing.
04 Pharmacology

Mechanism & disposition

Combination product.

Combination product.Component mechanism (Fluticasone Propionat…These complexes then enter the cell nucleu…
Read complete mechanism

Combination product. Component mechanism (Fluticasone Propionate (skin)): It diffuses across cell membranes and forms a complex with specific cytoplasmic receptors. These complexes then enter the cell nucleus, binds to DNA, and stimulate transcription of messenger RNA [mRNA]. Messenger RNA leads to protein synthesis of various enzymes that are responsible for the effects of systemic corticosteroids. Betamethasone may suppress transcription of mRNA in some cells like lymphocytes.

Onset

Hours–days

Duration

Agent and route dependent

Route

ORAL / IV / IM / INHALED / TOPICAL / NASAL / OPHTHALMIC

05 Special populations

Pregnancy, lactation & diet

Pregnancy

[Fluticasone] [From component Azelastine] 8 USE IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS 8.1 Pregnancy Risk Summary Limited data from postmarketing experience over decades of use with azelastine hydrochloride nasal spray in pregnant women have not identified any drug associated risks of miscarriage, birth defects, or other adverse maternal or fetal outcomes. In animal reproduction studies, there was no evidence of fetal harm at oral doses approximately 5 times the clinical daily dose. Oral administration of azelastine hydrochloride to pregnant mice, rats, and rabbits, during the period of organogenesis, produced developmental toxicity that included structural abnormalities, decreased embryo-fetal survival, and decreased fetal body weights at doses 270 times and higher than the maximum recommended human daily intranasal dose (MRHDID) of 1.096 mg. However, the relevance of these findings in animals to pregnant women was considered questionable based upon the high animal to human dose multiple. The estimated background risk of major birth defects and miscarriage for the indicated populations is unknown. All pregnancies have a background risk of birth defect, loss, or other adverse outcomes. In the U.S. general population, the estimated background risk of major birth defects and miscarriage in clinically recognized pregnancies is 2-4% and 15-20%, respectively. Data Animal Data In an embryo-fetal development study in mice dosed during the period of organogenesis, azelastine hydrochloride caused embryo-fetal death, structural abnormalities (cleft palate; short or absent tail; fused, absent or branched ribs), delayed ossification, and decreased fetal weight at approximately 300 times the maximum recommended human daily intranasal dose (MRHDID) in adults (on a mg/m2 basis at a maternal oral dose of 68.6 mg/kg/day), which also caused maternal toxicity as evidenced by decreased maternal body weight. Neither fetal nor maternal effects occurred in mice at approximately 15 times the MRHDID in adults (on a mg/m 2 basis at a maternal oral dose of 3 mg/kg/day). In an embryo-fetal development study in pregnant rats dosed during the period of organogenesis from gestation days 7 to 17, azelastine hydrochloride caused structural abnormalities (oligo-and brachydactylia), delayed ossification, and skeletal variations, in the absence of maternal toxicity, at approximately 270 times the MRHDID in adults (on a mg/m 2 basis at a maternal oral dose of 30 mg/kg/day). Azelastine hydrochloride caused embryo-fetal death and decreased fetal weight and severe maternal toxicity at approximately 610 times the MRHDID (on a mg/m 2 basis at a maternal oral dose of 68.6 mg/kg/day). Neither fetal nor maternal effects occurred at approximately 20 times the MRHDID (on a mg/m 2 basis at a maternal oral dose of 2 mg/kg/day). In an embryo-fetal development study in pregnant rabbits dosed during the period of organogenesis from gestation days 6 to 18, azelastine hydrochloride caused abortion, delayed ossification and decreased fetal weight and severe maternal toxicity at approximately 530 times the MRHDID in adults (on a mg/m 2 basis at a maternal oral dose of 30 mg/kg/day). Neither fetal nor maternal effects occurred at approximately 5 times the MRHDID (on a mg/m 2 basis at a maternal oral dose of 0.3 mg/kg/day). In a prenatal and postnatal development study in pregnant rats dosed from late in the gestation period and through the lactation period from gestation day 17 through lactation day 21, azelastine hydrochloride produced no adverse developmental effects on pups at maternal doses up to approximately 270 times the MRHDID (on mg/m2 basis at a maternal dose of 30 mg/kg/day). 8.2 Lactation Risk Summary There are no data on the presence of azelastine hydrochloride in human milk, the effects on the breastfed infant, or the effects on milk production. Breastfed infants should be monitored for signs of milk rejection during azelastine hydrochloride use by lactating women (see Clinical Considerations). The developmental and health b [Mupirocin] Used when maternal benefit clear; prefer agents with better obstetric data (e.g. prednisolone). Document risk–benefit.

Lactation

[Fluticasone] [From component Azelastine] 8 USE IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS 8.1 Pregnancy Risk Summary Limited data from postmarketing experience over decades of use with azelastine hydrochloride nasal spray in pregnant women have not identified any drug associated risks of miscarriage, birth defects, or other adverse maternal or fetal outcomes. In animal reproduction studies, there was no evidence of fetal harm at oral doses approximately 5 times the clinical daily dose. Oral administration of azelastine hydrochloride to pregnant mice, rats, and rabbits, during the period of organogenesis, produced developmental toxicity that included structural abnormalities, decreased embryo-fetal survival, and decreased fetal body weights at doses 270 times and higher than the maximum recommended human daily intranasal dose (MRHDID) of 1.096 mg. However, the relevance of these findings in animals to pregnant women was considered questionable based upon the high animal to human dose multiple. The estimated background risk of major birth defects and miscarriage for the indicated populations is unknown. All pregnancies have a background risk of birth defect, loss, or other adverse outcomes. In the U.S. general population, the estimated background risk of major birth defects and miscarriage in clinically recognized pregnancies is 2-4% and 15-20%, respectively. Data Animal Data In an embryo-fetal development study in mice dosed during the period of organogenesis, azelastine hydrochloride caused embryo-fetal death, structural abnormalities (cleft palate; short or absent tail; fused, absent or branched ribs), delayed ossification, and decreased fetal weight at approximately 300 times the maximum recommended human daily intranasal dose (MRHDID) in adults (on a mg/m2 basis at a maternal oral dose of 68.6 mg/kg/day), which also caused maternal toxicity as evidenced by decreased maternal body weight. Neither fetal nor maternal effects occurred in mice at approximately 15 times the MRHDID in adults (on a mg/m 2 basis at a maternal oral dose of 3 mg/kg/day). In an embryo-fetal development study in pregnant rats dosed during the period of organogenesis from gestation days 7 to 17, azelastine hydrochloride caused structural abnormalities (oligo-and brachydactylia), delayed ossification, and skeletal variations, in the absence of maternal toxicity, at approximately 270 times the MRHDID in adults (on a mg/m 2 basis at a maternal oral dose of 30 mg/kg/day). Azelastine hydrochloride caused embryo-fetal death and decreased fetal weight and severe maternal toxicity at approximately 610 times the MRHDID (on a mg/m 2 basis at a maternal oral dose of 68.6 mg/kg/day). Neither fetal nor maternal effects occurred at approximately 20 times the MRHDID (on a mg/m 2 basis at a maternal oral dose of 2 mg/kg/day). In an embryo-fetal development study in pregnant rabbits dosed during the period of organogenesis from gestation days 6 to 18, azelastine hydrochloride caused abortion, delayed ossification and decreased fetal weight and severe maternal toxicity at approximately 530 times the MRHDID in adults (on a mg/m 2 basis at a maternal oral dose of 30 mg/kg/day). Neither fetal nor maternal effects occurred at approximately 5 times the MRHDID (on a mg/m 2 basis at a maternal oral dose of 0.3 mg/kg/day). In a prenatal and postnatal development study in pregnant rats dosed from late in the gestation period and through the lactation period from gestation day 17 through lactation day 21, azelastine hydrochloride produced no adverse developmental effects on pups at maternal doses up to approximately 270 times the MRHDID (on mg/m2 basis at a maternal dose of 30 mg/kg/day). 8.2 Lactation Risk Summary There are no data on the presence of azelastine hydrochloride in human milk, the effects on the breastfed infant, or the effects on milk production. Breastfed infants should be monitored for signs of milk rejection during azelastine hydrochloride use by lactating women (see Clinical Considerations). The developmental and health b [Mupirocin] Low-dose systemic often compatible; time feeds if high dose — agent-specific.

06 Kenya market

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07 Provenance

Sources & review state

Primary sourceLocal active-ingredient clinical extract; FDA drug label via OpenFDA/DailyMed; Component monographs (multi-source pipeline); Professional class pharmacology (Corticosteroid)
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EvidenceSource-linked
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Decision support only. Confirm patient-specific decisions against the current product SmPC, Kenya STG/EML, and professional judgement.