According to the National Electronic Library for Medicines, the manufacturer of Dermovate NN® has announced that this product will be discontinued due to raw material supply and manufacturing issues.
PRODIGY Guidance on Eczema on the new Clinical Knowledge Summaries website advises that oral antibiotics are used for visibly infected eczema (even in localized flare-ups).
The National Prescribing Centre has also produced a reference sheet on skin therapeutics. This document refers to a Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin from 2003 advising that topical steroids with antimicrobials have no clinical advantage over topical steroids alone and may cause contact allergy and resistance.
Action: Clinicians should be aware of the discontinuation of this product but also of the wider advice to avoid using topical antimicrobials.