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Fluticasone

Fluticasone
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Clinical data
Trade names Cutivate
AHFS/Drugs.com Monograph
Pregnancy
category
  • C for Intranasal and Inhaled
Routes of
administration
Intranasal, inhaled, topical cream or ointment
ATC code
Legal status
Legal status
  • CA: ℞-only
  • UK: POM (Prescription only)
  • US: OTC (intranasal as the propionate), Rx-only (other preparations including furoate and base intranasal)
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability 0.51% (Intranasal)
Protein binding 91%
Metabolism Intranasal
Hepatic (CYP3A4-mediated)
Biological half-life 10 hours
Excretion Renal
Identifiers
Synonyms 6α,9α-Difluoro-11β,17α-dihydroxy-16α-methyl-21-thia-21-fluoromethylpregna-1,4-dien-3,20-dione
CAS Number
PubChem CID
IUPHAR/BPS
DrugBank
ChemSpider
UNII
KEGG
ChEBI
ChEMBL
Chemical and physical data
Formula C22H27F3O4S
Molar mass 444.508 g/mol
3D model (Jmol)
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Fluticasone is a synthetic glucocorticoid. Both the furoate and propanoate esters, fluticasone furoate and fluticasone propionate, are used as topical anti-inflammatories and inhaled corticosteroids.


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