Please inform 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.

Furthermore, 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.

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.

Please note that betamethasone passes into breast milk. Do not take betamethasone without first talking to your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.

Use alcohol cautiously. Together, alcohol and betamethasone can be damaging to the stomach.

Additionally, try to avoid sources of infection. Wash your hands frequently and keep them away from the mouth and eyes. Your immune system may be weakened while taking betamethasone.

Do not receive any immunizations during treatment with betamethasone without first talking to your doctor.

 

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