Eumovate Eczema & Dermatitis Cream Eumovate Eczema & Dermatitis Cream for itchy, red, dry skin. To clear flare-up & break the itch-scratch cycle of eczema & dermatitis This cream is available without a doctor's prescription to treat eczema & dermatitis. It can help you to control patches of red, itchy, dry & inflamed skin caused by eczema & dermatitis without seeing a doctor. Follow the advice & instructions in this leaflet to make sure the cream works properly. What is in your cream The active ingredient is Clobetasone butyrate 0.05% Other ingredients are Glycerol, glycerol monostearate, cetostearyl alcohol, beeswax substitute 6621, arlacel 165, dimethicone 20, chlorocresol, sodium citrate, citric acid monohydrate & purified water. 1 What the cream does Eumovate Eczema & Dermatitis Cream is one of a family of medicines called topical corticosteroids. Topical means it goes on the skin. Corticosteroids are used to control inflammation. The cream works to stop the skin's over-reaction to the triggers that cause skin flare-ups. It damps down the inflammation that causes eczema or dermatitis. The cream base also has moisturising properties. Topical corticosteroids are not the same as anabolic steroids