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<p>Talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse before taking Betamethasone Soluble Tablets-</p>

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	<li>if you have ever had severe depression or manic depression (bipolar disorder). This includes having had depression before while taking steroid medicines like Betamethasone Soluble Tablets;</li>
	<li>if any of your close family has had these illnesses;</li>
	<li>if you have or have ever had tuberculosis (TB);</li>
	<li>if you have epilepsy (fits), severe mental illness, heart disease, hypertension (high blood pressure), stomach or duodenal ulcers;</li>
	<li>if you have osteoporosis (thinning of the bones). Post menopausal women are particularly at risk of this;</li>
	<li>if you or any of your family have ever had glaucoma (raised eye pressure);</li>
	<li>if you have recently had a heart attack;</li>
	<li>if you have recently been in contact with someone who has chickenpox, shingles or measles or recently had chickenpox, shingles or measles yourself. This product may make chickenpox, shingles or measles much worse;</li>
	<li>if you or any of your family are diabetic;</li>
	<li>if you have an underactive thyroid gland;</li>
	<li>if you have myasthenia gravis (a disease which causes muscle weakness);</li>
	<li>if you have ever suffered from muscle wasting due to corticosteroids;</li>
	<li>if you have liver, kidney or heart disease;</li>
	<li>if you have just been or are about to be immunised;</li>
	<li>if you have an infection;</li>
	<li>if you are pregnant or breast-feeding</li>
	<li>if you experience blurred vision or other visual disturbances.</li>
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