Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 67249
Skin Diseases: Steroid Drugs
Tabled: 11 July 2025
Answered: 18 July 2025
Question
Katie Lam
Conservative — Weald of Kent
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.
Answer
Karin SmythThe 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...
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