Belgium· BE-AMP-SAM033494-00
Celestone 4 mg/ml
A betamethasone product containing betamethasone sodium phosphate, registered in Belgium by Organon Belgium. The same ATC class is registered in 12 of our 19 countries.
Checked against FAMHP / AFMPS (Belgium) on
Informational only — not a medical device.
Where it is registered
Betamethasone is registered in 12 of 19 countries.
Countries holding a registration under ATC H02AB01 (betamethasone), each read from that country’s own register.
- This record: Belgium, from FAMHP / AFMPS (Belgium)
- 7 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose
Betamethasone · ATC H02AB01
12 / 19 countries
- Belgiumprice
- Canada
- Denmark
- Finlandprice
- Germany
- Icelandprice
- Italyprice
- Netherlands
- Norwayprice
- Polandprice
- Switzerlandprice
- United Kingdom
Price per daily dose
What a daily dose of betamethasone costs, country by country.
Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (1.5 mg), the median price runs from $0.35 in Italy to $1.42 in Switzerland — a ×4.0 gap.
- 2 markets with a comparable price for this class
- Public list prices, converted to USD at the rate date shown
Betamethasone · price per daily dose (1.5 mg)
USD · FX 28 Sept 2026
- CH Switzerland$1.42
- IT Italy$0.35
The record
At a glance
FAMHP / AFMPS (Belgium)- Active substance
- Betamethasone Sodium Phosphate
- Manufacturer
- Organon Belgium
- Country
- Belgium (BE)
- ATC code
- H02AB01
- ATC class
- Betamethasone
- Defined daily dose
- 1.5 mg, O
- Reimbursed
- Not published by this register
- Source register
- FAMHP / AFMPS (Belgium)
- Last checked
- September 26, 2026
Packs & prices · 2
- be_apb0029777
- be_apb0702738
Regulatory notes
No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.
Interactions
509 interactions on record for betamethasone.
Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 55 severe. Severity grades are free for everyone; mechanism and management come with Growth.
- Severity for every pair — free, no plan needed
- The source, licence and sync date on every record
- Mechanism and what to do for each pair — Growth plan
Betamethasone · interactions on record
509 records
- 55 severe
- 391 moderate
- 43 minor
Most severe, free to view
- DesirudinB01AE01severe
- Magnesium hydroxideA02AA04moderate
- Kombinationen von AluminiumsalzenA02AB10moderate
- AprepitantA04AD12moderate
20 more interactions with mechanism and management, from a commercially licensed source.
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Same medicine, other countries
Betamethasone in 4 other countries
What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.
- FinlandBetapredALFASIGMA S.p.A.
- GermanyCelestan SolubileOrganonhealthcare Gmbh
- IrelandBetnesol 0.1% w/v Eye, Ear and Nasal Drops, solutionRPH Pharmaceuticals AB
- NorwayBentelanAlfasigma
Authorised across Europe · EMA
The same active substance is authorised in 9 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:
- Austria · Solu - Celestan
- Germany · Celestan Solubile
- France · Betamethasone Basi, Betnesol
- United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Betamethasone Martindale Pharmaceuticals, Betamethasone Morningside Healthcare
- Ireland · Betnesol
- Italy · Albaflo, Bentelan
- Poland · Celestone
- Romania · Ophtamesone
- Sweden · Betapred
Source: European Medicines Agency, Article 57 product data.
Sourced from a public register and reproduced with attribution. Drug Database is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a partner of FAMHP / AFMPS (Belgium). This is an informational data service and not a medical device — verify against the official source of record before any clinical decision.
For developers
The same record over the API, and the raw payload
GET /v1/drugs/e7aef033-7fa8-4555-ba25-db5b9579ff58 GET /v1/drugs/e7aef033-7fa8-4555-ba25-db5b9579ff58?format=fhir
Every response carries last_synced_at, so freshness is a field rather than a promise. Below is exactly what the ingestion wrote, before any presentation — the same JSON the API returns under payload.
{
"form": "Solution for injection",
"source": "afmps",
"status": "AUTHORIZED",
"name_en": "Celestone 4 mg/ml",
"name_fr": "Celestone 4 mg/ml",
"name_nl": "Celestone 4 mg/ml",
"amp_code": "SAM033494-00",
"strengths": [
"5.3000",
"5.3000",
"4.0000",
"0.1000",
"8.9000"
],
"pack_count": 3,
"substances": [
"Betamethasone Sodium Phosphate",
"Betamethasone",
"Disodium Edetate",
"Disodium Hydrogen Phosphate Dihydrate"
],
"medicine_type": "ALLOPATHIC",
"atc_description": "Betamethasone",
"authorisation_numbers": [
"BE033494"
]
}See everything about betamethasone.
This page is the registration. A free account adds the label text as the regulator wrote it, what it costs per daily dose across the markets that publish a price, a feed of what changes in the registers, and an assistant that answers with its sources. Interaction severity is free; mechanism and management are on the Growth plan. No card, nothing to install.