Who should not take betamethasone?
• Do not take betamethasone if you have a serious bacterial, viral, or fungal infection. Betamethasone weakens the body’s immune response and thus its ability to fight infection. • Before taking this medication, tell your doctor if you have • kidney disease, • liver disease, • high blood pressure or heart disease, • ulcerative colitis, diverticulitis, or stomach ulcers, • hypothyroidism, • a psychiatric condition, • osteoporosis, • myasthenia gravis, • diabetes mellitus, or • any other medical conditions. • You may not be able to take betamethasone, or you may require a dosage adjustment or special monitoring during treatment if you have any of the conditions listed above. • Betamethasone is in the FDA pregnancy category C. This means that it is not known whether betamethasone will harm an unborn baby. Do not take this medication without first talking to your doctor if you are pregnant. • Betamethasone passes into breast milk. Do not take betamethasone without first talking to your doc
