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Composition:
Each 5 ml elixir contains:
Dexamethasone 0.5 mg.
Indications:
1- Endocrine disorders: primary
or secondary, adrenocortical
insufficiency cnogenital adrenal
hyperplasia, nonsuppurative
thyroiditis, idiopathic
infantile hypercalcaemia.
2- Collagen diseases: During an
exacerbation or as maintenance
therapy in acute rheumatic
carditis.
3- Rheumatic disorders: as
adjunctive therapy for
short-term administration in
serious cases rheumatioid
arthritis, rheumatic
osteoarthritis, and adjunctive
therapy for bursitis.
4- Dermatologic diseases: severe
cases of pemphigus and
pemphigoid, exfoliative and
other cases of dermatitis,
mycosis fungoides, erythema
multiforme, severe psoriasis.
5- Allergic states: allergic
rhinitis, bronichial asthma,
contact and atopic dermatitis,
hypersensitivity reactions.
6- Ophtalmic diseases: allergic
conjunctivitis, keratitis,
herpes zoster ophtalmicus,
iritis, chorioretinitis, optic
neuritis.
7- Respiratory disease:
Symptomatic sarcoidosis,
loeffler’s syndrome,
berylliosis.
8- Hematologic diseases:
idiopathic and secondary
thrombocytopenic purpura,
autoimmune haemolytic anemia,
acute and chronic lymphocytic
leukaemia, erythroblastopenia.
9- Cardiologic diseases: in some
cases of pericarditis (
idiopathic, postmyocardial
infraction and
postcommissurotomic syndrome ).
10- Edematous states: to induce
a diuresis or remission of
proteinuria in the nephritic
syndrome.
11- Gastrointestinal diseases:
to tide that patient over a
critical period of the disease
in: ulcerative colitis, regional
enteritis.
12- Other indications:
tuberculous meningitis,
trichinosis.
Dosage and Administration:
Usually, daily oral dosages of
0.5-10 mg are sufficient, should
be take under medical
supervision and must be
individualized on the basis of
the disease.
In some patients higher dosages
may be temporarily required to
control the disease. As soon as
symptoms diminish, dosage should
be reduced under continuous
observation of the clinical
picture to the lowest possible
level or tapered off completely. |
