DITHRANOL IN LASSAR’S PASTE (Can be made as; 0.1%w/w, 0.5%w/w, 1%w/w, 2%w/w, 4%w/w, 10%w/w and 15%w/w)

Clinical Indication

Psoriasis

Comments

Dithranol is no longer available in ready-made applications. It is only available as a special order to be made by a pharmacist. It’s use should be restricted to patients where other preparations have been ineffective or unsuitable Treatment with dithranol should start with the lowest strength (0.1%) cream and gradually increase over about four weeks to the highest tolerated strength that produces the optimum therapeutic effect

Date of classification

July 2025

Green

Medicines which could be started in any health care setting and do not require oversight by a specialist and which primary care would have full responsibility for prescribing and monitoring.