Flurandrenolide Topical
Flurandrenolide is a topical corticosteroid used to relieve inflammation and itching caused by a range of corticosteroid-responsive skin conditions.
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The clinical label records used on this page are FDA-filed Structured Product Labeling (SPL) retrieved through openFDA. We identified 5 clinical label sets within the page’s selected clinical scope after exact ingredient or ingredient-combination matching and applicable route/form matching. Forms, routes, brands, labelers, strengths, and NDC product-record counts are built separately from matching FDA National Drug Code Directory records. The linked DailyMed document is a representative official source for verification, not the page’s only clinical source. View the linked label on DailyMed →
📖 Flurandrenolide Topical: Patient Information Guide
A plain-language walkthrough of Flurandrenolide Topical — what it treats, how it works, how it’s taken, side effects, warnings and interactions. Tap any section to expand it.
🎯What it's used for▾
Flurandrenolide topical is used to relieve inflammation and itching in skin conditions that respond to corticosteroid treatment.
- Cordran is indicated for the relief of inflammatory and itchy manifestations of corticosteroid-responsive dermatoses (skin conditions that improve with steroid therapy, such as eczema, psoriasis, and allergic skin reactions)
- Cordran used with occlusive dressings may be helpful for psoriasis or resistant skin conditions that don't respond easily to standard treatment
⚙️How it works▾
Cordran works through three main actions: reducing inflammation, relieving itch, and constricting (narrowing) blood vessels in the skin. It is thought to stabilize the membranes of cells and lysosomes (tiny cellular compartments that release inflammatory enzymes), preventing those enzymes from breaking down tissue and fueling inflammation. The result is calmer, less irritated skin.
When Cordran Tape is used, the tape itself acts as an occlusive (airtight) covering. This traps moisture in the outer skin layer, helping more medication absorb into the skin and protecting the area from scratching, rubbing, and irritants — which boosts the tape's effectiveness.
💊How it's taken▾
Flurandrenolide is applied directly to the affected skin area — it is not taken by mouth. Follow your prescriber's instructions carefully for how often to apply and how much area to cover. For Cordran Tape, the standard recommendation is to replace the tape every 12 hours, since this produces the fewest side effects. The tape may be left on for up to 24 hours if it is comfortable and sticks well, or used at night only if preferred.
- If the edges of Cordran Tape loosen early, trim them and replace with fresh tape
- Do not use occlusive dressings if a skin infection is present
- Always follow the specific directions your doctor or pharmacist provides
🤒Side effects — in detail▾
Most side effects from flurandrenolide happen at the skin where it is applied and are generally infrequent — but they occur more often when occlusive dressings are used.
- Burning or stinging
- Itching
- Skin irritation
- Dryness
- Folliculitis (inflamed hair follicles)
- Hypertrichosis (increased hair growth in the treated area)
- Acne-like breakouts
- Skin lightening (hypopigmentation)
- Perioral dermatitis (rash around the mouth)
- Allergic contact dermatitis (skin allergic reaction)
With occlusive dressings, more serious skin changes can happen: skin thinning (atrophy), stretch marks (striae), secondary infections, skin maceration (over-softening), and miliaria (heat rash). Tell your doctor if you notice any of these.
⚠️Warnings & precautions▾
- Systemic absorption: Flurandrenolide can be absorbed through the skin into your bloodstream — especially on large areas, inflamed skin, or under airtight dressings. Absorbed amounts can cause body-wide steroid effects.
- Occlusive dressings increase risk: Using Cordran Tape or other airtight coverings raises the chance of skin thinning, stretch marks, infections, and maceration.
- Infections: If a skin infection develops, stop occlusive dressings immediately and contact your prescriber for appropriate treatment.
- Cordran Tape restrictions: Cordran Tape should not be used on oozing lesions or in skin folds (intertriginous areas).
🔀What it interacts with▾
The FDA label for flurandrenolide topical does not list specific drug, food, or supplement interactions.
This is not a complete list of interactions. Always talk with your doctor or pharmacist before starting, stopping, or changing any medication.
📋Before taking it▾
- Tell your doctor if you have ever been allergic to any topical corticosteroid or to any ingredient in these products
- Cordran Tape should not be used on skin that is oozing or weeping fluid
- Cordran Tape is not recommended for skin folds (intertriginous areas such as underarms or groin)
- Inform your prescriber if you have any active skin infection in the area to be treated
- Use cautiously over large skin areas or under occlusive coverings, since more medication can be absorbed and cause body-wide effects
🚑If you take too much▾
Topical flurandrenolide can be absorbed through the skin in amounts large enough to cause systemic (body-wide) effects if overused — particularly with occlusive dressings or on large skin areas. If you think you or someone else has absorbed too much, contact a healthcare provider or poison control center right away.
📡Pharmacodynamics — effects in the body▾
Flurandrenolide reduces inflammation, relieves itching, and causes blood vessels in the skin to narrow (vasoconstriction). These effects work together to calm redness, swelling, and discomfort in irritated skin. Laboratory studies suggest that the degree of vasoconstriction correlates with how effective a topical corticosteroid will be in practice.
🔬Pharmacokinetics — how your body processes it▾
How much flurandrenolide is absorbed through the skin depends on the product vehicle (the base it's mixed into), the condition of the skin barrier, and whether an occlusive dressing is used. Inflamed or damaged skin absorbs more medication than healthy skin, and occlusive dressings substantially increase absorption. Once absorbed, it is processed like other corticosteroids — broken down primarily in the liver and eliminated mainly through the kidneys, with some leaving through bile.
📦How to store it▾
Keep tightly closed. Protect from light. Store at 20° to 25°C (68° to 77°F) with excursions permitted to 15° to 30°C (59° to 86°F) .
📄 Written from Flurandrenolide Topical’s FDA-approved label information, summarized in plain language with AI, and reviewed by our pharmacy team before publication. Every point is grounded in that labeling — nothing is invented. How we use AI →
Supplements & herbs that interact with Flurandrenolide Topical
3 supplements and herbal products have documented interactions with Flurandrenolide Topical in the licensed clinical database we use. Most are manageable — but your pharmacist should know about everything you take, including vitamins and herbals.
- Moderate · 2
- Minor · 1
Educational information from a licensed clinical database (Natural Medicines) — see our data sources & update cadence. Not medical advice: an interaction being documented does not mean it will happen to you; do not start or stop medications or supplements without professional guidance.
🩺 Pharmacist Counseling Corner
Quick, plain-English answers to the questions patients ask most about Flurandrenolide Topical — the kind of thing our pharmacy team would talk through with you at the counter.
What skin conditions is flurandrenolide used for? ▾
How often do I need to change the Cordran Tape? ▾
What side effects should I watch out for? ▾
Can this medication get into my bloodstream? ▾
Are there situations where I shouldn't use Cordran Tape? ▾
What if I'm allergic to a topical steroid — can I still use this? ▾
Is Flurandrenolide Topical available over the counter? ▾
When was Flurandrenolide Topical first available? ▾
Who makes Flurandrenolide Topical? ▾
💬 Answers drafted from Flurandrenolide Topical’s FDA-approved label information, summarized in plain language with AI, and reviewed by our pharmacy team before publication. Grounded in that labeling — nothing is made up. How we use AI →
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💊 How Flurandrenolide Topical comes
Flurandrenolide Topical is available in 1 form. Different forms and brands can have different approved uses, doses, schedules, and directions. Follow the instructions for your exact product, and do not switch forms without guidance from your prescriber or pharmacist.
Topical cream, ointment or gel
How this form is used
- Cordran is used to relieve inflammation and itching caused by corticosteroid-responsive skin conditions
- Cordran may be used with occlusive dressings for psoriasis or hard-to-treat skin conditions
- Cordran is applied directly to the affected skin; follow your prescriber's directions for how often to apply
- Cordran Tape is typically replaced every 12 hours, or may be left for up to 24 hours if well tolerated and adhering properly
- Cordran Tape may be worn at night only and removed during the day if needed
- If a skin infection develops, stop using Cordran Tape or any occlusive dressing and contact your doctor
📊 Flurandrenolide Topical across the U.S. market
How Flurandrenolide Topical appears in the FDA’s National Drug Code Directory — including its dosage forms, strengths, brand names, manufacturers, and FDA-listed product records. These are directory records, not sales or prescription volume.
Share of FDA-listed product records by manufacturer — FDA National Drug Code Directory. Record counts are not sales or prescription volume.
📈 How widely Flurandrenolide Topical is used
A general measure of how commonly Flurandrenolide Topical is prescribed, based on Medicaid — one of the largest public drug programs. The figure below is prescriptions filled in Q1–Q4 2025, summed across every form and brand of the drug.
Think of this as a proxy for how widely Flurandrenolide Topical is used, drawn from freely available public data. Medicaid is just one program — these numbers don’t include Medicare, other government coverage, or commercial and cash-pay prescriptions, so real-world use is higher than what’s shown here.
How commonly is Flurandrenolide Topical prescribed? Of the 1,596 medications we measure, Flurandrenolide Topical ranks #1,342 by Medicaid prescriptions — more than 16% of them.
Utilization by Flurandrenolide Topical product
Pick a product to see its own Medicaid numbers. Each chip is one clinical product — a specific strength & dosage form as defined by RxNorm — with brand-name and generic versions combined.
flurandrenolide 0.5 MG/ML Topical Lotion
Summed across the 1 of 5 listed NDC products with Medicaid activity — every brand and generic of this exact strength & form. RxNorm 197719
Shares are of the Medicaid prescriptions shown here. Product grouping follows RxNorm (the National Library of Medicine’s drug terminology), so “one product” means one strength & dosage form regardless of manufacturer. Dollar figures are gross Medicaid reimbursement before mandatory rebates — rebates (often large, especially for brand-name drugs) are confidential, so actual net cost to Medicaid is lower than shown.
Source: Medicaid State Drug Utilization Data (CMS), aggregated by generic ingredient — summed across every NDC (all brands, strengths, salt forms and dosage forms) of Flurandrenolide Topical, and across all states and both fee-for-service and managed-care claims. A general popularity signal; it excludes Medicare, commercial insurance and cash prescriptions, so it is not total U.S. use. Based on the 1 of 5 listed Flurandrenolide Topical NDCs with Medicaid activity.
🔍 Compare Flurandrenolide Topical products
A representative set of FDA-listed product records for Flurandrenolide Topical — across manufacturers, strengths, and dosage forms, grouped by form with each product’s manufacturer and how the FDA approved it. The same medicine may be made and packaged by different companies, so a single drug can have many directory entries. (It’s also why a refill can look different — a new shape, color, or box — even though it contains the same medication.)
| Strength | Route | Manufacturer / Labeler | Category ⓘ | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 💊Topical cream, ointment or gel | ||||
| 4 mcg/cm2 | Topical | Almirall, LLC × 2 listings | NDA | View NDC → |
| FLURANDRENOLIDE 4 mcg/cm2 | Topical | Almirall, LLC | NDA | View NDC → |
| 0.25 mg/g | Topical | Almirall, LLC | NDA | Find on DailyMed ↗ |
| 0.5 mg/g | Topical | Almirall, LLC × 3 listings | NDA | View NDC → |
| 0.5 mg/mL | Topical | Almirall, LLC | NDA | View NDC → |
| 0.5 mg/mL | Topical | Bryant Ranch Prepack × 3 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 0.5 mg/g | Topical | INA Pharmaceutics, Inc × 2 listings | NDA | View NDC → |
| 0.5 mg/mL | Topical | Padagis Israel Pharmaceuticals Ltd | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 0.5 mg/g | Topical | Taro Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | NDA | View NDC → |
| 0.5 mg/g | Topical | Teligent Pharma, Inc. | ANDA | Find on DailyMed ↗ |
Showing 16 of 16 products — FDA National Drug Code Directory. See every product, package size and price: browse all 16 Flurandrenolide Topical NDCs →
📈 What people report — real-world data (FDA FAERS)
After a medicine reaches the market, patients, doctors and drugmakers can send the FDA reports of problems they think may be linked to it. Here’s what’s been reported for Flurandrenolide Topical — a signal of what to watch for, not proof the drug caused it.
Source: openFDA, from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS). These are voluntary reports — they don’t prove the drug caused the effect, and counts reflect how often something was reported, not how often it actually happens. Reports also often name the very problem the medicine is taken for — a common reason to file one is that the drug didn’t help — so for a pain reliever you may see “pain” high on the list; that points to why the report was filed, not to the drug causing the symptom. This counts every report that lists Flurandrenolide Topical in any role, so the total runs higher than the FDA’s official dashboard, which counts only cases where the drug is the suspect. For the authoritative figures, see the FDA FAERS Public Dashboard. Always talk to your pharmacist or doctor.
🏛️ The road to your pharmacy
How Flurandrenolide Topical went from FDA review to the pharmacy shelf — the key milestones in its regulatory journey.
Source: Drugs@FDA.
🚨 Recall history
A recall is when a specific batch of a medicine is pulled from the market — usually a manufacturing issue, not a problem with the drug itself. Class I is most serious, Class III least.
Source: openFDA drug enforcement (recall) reports.
RxNorm Concept Web — From Ingredient to Every Form and Strength
This page starts with one ingredient concept (IN). The branches below show its dose-form concepts (SCDF), then the available clinical drug and strength concepts (SCD). Combination products remain separate concepts with their own pages.
RxCUI 4500 4 dose forms · 8 strengths
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Dose form (SCDF) Medicated Tape RxCUI 797693In current FDA listingsClinical drug / strength (SCD) 0.004 MG/SQCMRxCUI 797694 -
Dose form (SCDF) Topical Cream RxCUI 378619In current FDA listingsClinical drug / strength (SCD) 0.125 MG/MLRxCUI 2456360.25 MG/MLRxCUI 1977160.5 MG/MLRxCUI 197718 -
Dose form (SCDF) Topical Lotion RxCUI 378234In current FDA listingsClinical drug / strength (SCD) 0.5 MG/MLRxCUI 197719 -
Dose form (SCDF) Topical Ointment RxCUI 372242In current FDA listingsClinical drug / strength (SCD) 0.000125 MG/MGRxCUI 2456370.00025 MG/MGRxCUI 1977170.0005 MG/MGRxCUI 197720
Look up RxCUI 4500 in the RxCUI Atlas →
RxNorm is the U.S. National Library of Medicine’s normalized drug vocabulary. Its concept hierarchy can include forms that are not currently marketed; the status on each branch compares that concept with current FDA listings. RxCUIs identify vocabulary concepts, not individual packages or manufacturers.
📦 Supply & shortage status
Whether Flurandrenolide Topical is in short supply in the U.S. right now, plus any shortage history the FDA has on record. A shortage usually reflects a manufacturing or demand issue — not a safety problem with the drug.
Source: openFDA, from the FDA Drug Shortages database.
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RxNorm drug class
Flurandrenolide Topical belongs to the Corticosteroid class.
Classified by RxNorm RxClass — the U.S. National Library of Medicine's standardized drug-classification service (Established Pharmacologic Class from the FDA, the ATC drug family from the WHO, and mechanism of action). Reference only, not medical advice.
🔬 Where this comes from
Core label, product, RxNorm, safety, and utilization data on this page come from the sources identified below. AI-written, editorial, and licensed sections are labeled separately.
How we combine label and product data
HelloPharmacist combines public FDA and NLM records; we don’t author the underlying clinical facts. We identified 5 FDA-filed SPL label sets within the page’s selected clinical scope after exact ingredient or ingredient-combination matching and applicable route/form matching. The representative label is the starting point for the displayed reference monograph; the 12 largest stored in-scope SPL records, which may include that representative, are compared section by section, and the longest available version of each section is retained. Forms, routes, brands, labelers, product-listed strengths, and product-record counts are aggregated separately from ingredient-matched FDA NDC Directory records; package records listed above are associated with the linked SPL; and the normalized concept hierarchy comes from NLM RxNorm.
Where a section is identified as AI-written, its plain-language text is generated from bounded label evidence. New draft drug pages remain in the admin review queue before first publication. INA Pharmaceutics, Inc is the representative DailyMed label linked for verification and dates; it is not the sole source used for the page.
This is general education, not medical advice — always consult your doctor or pharmacist about your medications and any medical condition. For the exact wording of the linked representative label, view that label on DailyMed; some displayed composite sections may come from other in-scope SPL labels. Learn how we use AI and our data sources & update cadence.