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Cortifoam
Hydrocortisone Acetate
$38.00
10mg · 1
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About Cortifoam
Overview
Cortifoam contains hydrocortisone acetate, a synthetic corticosteroid. It is used alongside other treatment for ulcerative proctitis affecting the lower part of the rectum, in people who cannot retain corticosteroid enemas. It provides local corticosteroid treatment directly to the affected area.
What it treats
Ulcerative proctitis affecting the lower part of the rectum, as an add-on topical treatment for patients who cannot retain hydrocortisone or other corticosteroid enemas.
Safety information
Side effects
Listed side effects include nausea, increased appetite, abdominal bloating, headache, dizziness, trouble sleeping, mood changes, acne, rash, increased sweating, easy bruising, fragile skin, slower wound healing and weight gain. The label does not say how often these occur. Serious side effects include severe allergic reactions, irregular heartbeat, heart failure, blood clots, high blood pressure, fluid retention and potassium loss. Stomach or intestinal ulcers, bleeding or perforation, inflammation of the pancreas, seizures and serious psychiatric problems are also listed. Seek urgent medical help for a severe allergic reaction, collapse or seizures. Contact a doctor about blurred vision or other vision changes, depression or other mental health changes, muscle weakness, or signs of infection. Other important risks include reduced resistance to infection, raised blood sugar or increased diabetes treatment needs, suppression of adrenal function, slowed growth in children, bone thinning, fractures and tendon rupture. Eye effects include glaucoma and cataracts.
When to call your doctor
If symptoms are severe or getting worse quickly, seek emergency care rather than waiting.
Before taking this medicine
Do not use Cortifoam if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. It must not be used rectally if you have a bowel blockage, an abscess, a hole in the bowel, inflammation of the abdominal lining (peritonitis), a recently created surgical join in the bowel, or extensive abnormal connecting passages (fistulas) or sinus tracts.
Interactions
Tell your doctor about medicines you take and any planned vaccinations or skin tests. Interactions listed for corticosteroids include: - Amphotericin B injections and potassium-depleting medicines, including diuretics: potassium may fall too low. Heart enlargement and heart failure have been reported with amphotericin B and hydrocortisone. Low potassium can also increase the risk of abnormal heart rhythms in people taking digitalis medicines. - Warfarin: its blood-thinning effect may be reduced, so blood-clotting tests may need closer monitoring. - Diabetes medicines: corticosteroids can raise blood sugar, and treatment may need adjustment. - Aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs): the risk of stomach and intestinal side effects increases. Aspirin needs particular caution in people with low prothrombin levels, a blood-clotting problem. Corticosteroids may also increase the removal of salicylates from the body. - Cyclosporine: the effects of both medicines may increase. Seizures have been reported with this combination. - Anticholinesterase medicines used for myasthenia gravis: severe weakness may occur. Your doctor may need to adjust treatment before corticosteroid therapy begins. - Macrolide antibiotics, ketoconazole and estrogens, including estrogen-containing contraceptives: these may slow corticosteroid breakdown or removal, increasing effects or side effects. - Barbiturates, phenytoin, carbamazepine, rifampin and cholestyramine: these may increase corticosteroid breakdown or removal. - Isoniazid: its blood levels may decrease. - Aminoglutethimide: it may reduce corticosteroid-related suppression of adrenal gland activity. Prolonged corticosteroid treatment may reduce the response to vaccines and toxoids. It may also increase the multiplication of some organisms in live vaccines. Discuss vaccination timing with your doctor; routine vaccination should be deferred until treatment has ended if possible. Corticosteroids may also suppress reactions to skin tests.
Using Cortifoam
Dosing
Dosing is set by your prescriber. Each health care professional may prescribe medication differently according to a patient's medical history and condition, so follow the directions on your prescription label and speak to your doctor or pharmacist before changing anything.
Storage
Store below 25°C in a dry place with the bottle tightly closed, away from direct light and moisture. Keep all medicines out of the sight and reach of children.
Clinical information on this page is summarised from the US FDA label CORTIFOAM (HYDROCORTISONE ACETATE) AEROSOL, FOAM [VIATRIS SPECIALTY LLC] (DailyMed, retrieved 19 September 2026).
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