Betamethasone is an inflammation-reducing corticosteroid that helps treat a range of skin conditions. Learn about the types, uses, and side effects of this medication here, as well as the warnings ...

Betamethasone is mostly injected into the joints of horses to ease inflammation and, if the inflammation is reduced, any associated pain subsides.

Post-race tests identified 21 picograms per milliliter of plasma in the horse's system. A picogram is one-trillionth of a gram. But what is betamethasone and how is it used in horses?

Conclusions Administration of betamethasone to women at risk for late preterm delivery significantly reduced the rate of neonatal respiratory complications.

The aim of this study was therefore to investigate the effect of these low doses of betamethasone in a short-course combination with loratadine (one of the most commonly used nonsedating histamine ...

BETAMETHASONE is making headlines thanks to Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit. On May 8, 2021, horse trainer Bob Baffert confirmed that the winning horse tested positive for the presence of the d… ...

Trainer Bob Baffert has been suspended for 90 days after stewards disqualified Medina Spirit as the 2021 Kentucky Derby-winning horse.

The effect of betamethasone on its own and also that of the low-dose combination with loratadine were not sustainable (p = 0.005 and p = 0.039, respectively, for hazard ratios from Cox regression).

Dr. Mary Scollay discusses the ins and outs of the science and medicine as it relates to Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit.

Betamethasone, the medication that triggered a failed post-race drug test for Medina Spirit after he finished first in the May 1 Kentucky Derby (G1), is a corticosteroid.

Additional testing is planned after Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit failed a postrace drug test, throwing the horse’s victory at Churchill Downs earlier this month into doubt.

Additional testing is planned after Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit failed a postrace drug test, throwing the horse’s victory at Churchill Downs earlier this month into doubt.