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UIN 67249

Skin Diseases: Steroid Drugs

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answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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11 July 2025

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18 July 2025 · Answer

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18 July 2025

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of topical steroid creams on (a) physical dependency and (b) withdrawal effects among users.

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  1. 11 July 2025

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of topical steroid creams on (a) physical dependency and (b) withdrawal effects among users.

    Source: Commons

  2. 18 July 2025

    Answer

    The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has reviewed topical steroid withdrawal (TSW) reactions, and first communicated about these reactions in September 2021 through our Drug Safety Update, which is widely disseminated among healt...

    Source: Written answer

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