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Fusidic acid is an antibiotic for bacterial skin infections; PockDose lists it combined with betamethasone, as Fusiderm B (also sold as Betamethasone And Fusidic Acid), in 2/0.12% tubes.
Fusidic Acid, Betamethasone
2/0.12%
Fusiderm B is a topical antibiotic and steroid combination, fusidic acid with betamethasone, in 2/0.12% tubes for inflamed skin conditions that have become infected.
Fusidic acid is not related to penicillin or to any of the everyday antibiotics. It was first isolated from a fungus, and it forms a small class of its own, the fusidanes. It blocks a protein factor that bacteria need to build new proteins, so they stop growing, and it is especially active against Staphylococcus aureus: the germ behind impetigo (a contagious infection with honey-coloured crusts), infected eczema, folliculitis (infected hair follicles) and infection around the nails. Used on its own, it is one of the antibiotics applied to impetigo patches.
Fusiderm B, also sold as Betamethasone And Fusidic Acid, is a tube of 2/0.12%: 2% fusidic acid with 0.12% betamethasone. The steroid changes the job. Infection in otherwise healthy skin needs only an antibiotic, but when the skin is also inflamed, as in eczema or dermatitis, bacteria and inflammation make each other worse. Betamethasone calms the redness, swelling and itch while the fusidic acid deals with the germs. Whichever name is used, the tube is the same.
Fusidic acid is also made as a plain cream or ointment, and as tablets for deeper staphylococcal infections. The tubes here pair it with a steroid, so they suit skin that is inflamed as well as infected.
A thin layer on the affected skin is enough. Keep it away from your eyes, and be more careful on thin-skinned areas such as the face, skin folds and groin, which absorb steroid easily. Spread over a large area, or kept under a tight covering, enough betamethasone can pass into the body to cause steroid effects.
It is a short-course product. Longer use thins the skin, causes stretch marks, shows up small blood vessels and changes the skin's colour, and repeated courses give staphylococci the chance to become resistant to fusidic acid.
Skip these tubes for acne, rosacea, cold sores, chickenpox and fungal rashes such as ringworm: the steroid can make each of them worse, and fusidic acid has no effect on viruses or fungi. Mild stinging, burning or dryness where the tube goes on is the usual complaint; swelling, hives or a spreading rash means an allergy and the tube should be stopped.
Fusidic Acid can be ordered online for delivery in Hong Kong. The range covers Fusiderm B, also sold as Betamethasone And Fusidic Acid, supplied as 2/0.12% tubes. Every order ships in plain, unbranded packaging with nothing on the outside about the contents.
It depends on the product, strength and pack size. The fusidic acid product listed here shows its current prices in HKD or the currency you select.
PockDose does not ask you to upload a prescription when you order fusidic acid. See the ordering FAQ for details.
Fusidic acid and betamethasone are sold under brand names including Fucibet. Here, fusidic acid and betamethasone can be bought online as Fusiderm B. These are generics, not the original brand.
Yes. Fusiderm B is 2/0.12% tubes holding fusidic acid with betamethasone, and it is also sold under its ingredient names, Betamethasone And Fusidic Acid, so you can order it under either name.
No. Fusidic acid is an antibiotic. The steroid in these tubes is betamethasone, which is a separate ingredient there to reduce inflammation and itch. Together they treat skin that is infected and inflamed at the same time.
Yes. Staphylococci can become resistant when fusidic acid is used for long stretches or again and again. Using it for a short course on genuinely infected skin, and stopping when the skin settles, is how that risk is kept down.