The percutaneous absorption of betamethasone-17, 21-dipropionate and salicylic acid was studied after one and two weeks' treatment of psoriasis and eczema. The treated areas varied between 8 and 41 dm2. No change in the plasma Cortisol levels was detectable by the routinely used laboratory method. The treatment gave no detectable salicylate concentrations in plasma.
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