Can you use hydrocortisone cream on babies?
No. It’s not recommended to apply hydrocortisone cream to children under 2 years of age. Children may absorb larger amounts of topical hydrocortisone than adults.
References
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Locoid (hydrocortisone butyrate) 0.1%. October 2014. Available at: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2014/018514s013lbl.pdf. [Accessed April 30, 2022].
- U.S. National Library of Medicine DailyMed. Cortizone 10 sensitive skin anti-itch creme. December 29, 2021. Available at: https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/getFile.cfm?setid=4cdd7d97-1120-4905-9416-b8a9f8c403b4&type=pdf. [Accessed April 30, 2022].
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