In the UK I was prescribed a skin cream called FUCIBET.  It appears to
be unavailable in the US.  My US doctor is happy to write a
prescription for an equivalent product if I can find one.  The active
ingredients are:

 betamethasone 0.1% (as valerate), fusidic acid 2%
Is there an equivalent product available in the US? If so what is it
and where can I get it?
Thx

Hi!!
The fusidic acid is not commercially available in the USA, see:

U.S. National Library of Medicine
MEDLINEplus Drug Information: Fusidic Acid (Systemic)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/fusidicacidsystemic500117.html


So I think there are not an 100% equivalent cream in US but I find a
cream called Beta-Val (Betamethasone valerate 0.1%, no fusidic acid,
sorry.
May be it will be useful to you.
You can buy it at "Walgreens.com":
Mailing Address   Walgreen Co.
                  Consumer Relations - Mail Stop #2273
                  Deerfield, IL  60015 
Email   customerservice@walgreens.com
Phone   877-250-5823
http://www.walgreens.com/default.jhtml
 
The direct link to buy Beta-Val is:
http://www.walgreens.com/library/finddrug/druginfo.jhtml?particularDrug=Beta%2dVal

This medication is used to treat swelling, inflammation, ...or itching
of skin conditions such as eczema, dermatitis, rashes, ...insect
bites, poison ivy, allergies and other irritations. Very close to the
Fucibet use.
For complete info about this product you can see:
"Destination RX - Drug Info"
http://www.destinationrx.com/learningcenter/druginfo/pop_druginfo.asp?prodid=00093067395&name=Beta%2Dval

Let me know if that satisfied you as an answer, if not please request
for a clarification.
Best Regards
livioflores-ga

I'd pretty much figured this out for myself - but the fact that you
came to the same conclusion is reassuring

Hello windsurfer,

It appears you have posted your question twice, where this posting
contains the ingredients for the product in question. You might want
to cancel one of the postings so you don't get charged twice.

Regards,

ames

Hi Windsurfer....

Since my answer is that there is no comparable formulation, I will
post it as
a comment, and save you any expense.

The following page:
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/showpreparation.asp?id=1109

states: "Other medicines containing the same active ingredients:

No matching medicines were found."

The site is based in the UK, so there is still a possibility]
that US formulations were not included in this assessment.

The site indicates that the primary use of this med is for eczema,
and there are several online support groups listed at the bottom 
of the page, to which I would add:
http://www.talkeczema.com/

as a source of alternatives to Fucibet, since there are some drawbacks
to steroidal contents, in the long term.


Searches, via Google:

fucibet + alternatives
://www.google.com/search?q=fucibet+%2B+alternative&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

betamethasone + "fusidic acid"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=betamethasone+%2B+%22fusidic+acid%22&btnG=Google+Search

Best wishes....
...sublime1-ga

Yes - but one is around the equivalenct product issue, the other is
simply is there some "back-door" source where I can buy the Fucibet
(proabably a Euro website)