Dexamethasone
Brand names: Decadron
Drug class: Corticosteroid
Prescription only
Available as: injection, oral, eye, ear, topical
What is dexamethasone used for?
- Addison disease
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Brain edema
- Bursitis
- Collagen diseases
- Dermatitis herpetiformis
- Hypercalcemia
- Iritis
- Keratitis
- Leukemia
- Mycosis fungoides
- Nausea
- Pemphigus
- Pulmonary tuberculosis
- Purpura, thrombocytopenic, idiopathic
- Rheumatic diseases
- Rhinitis, allergic, perennial
- Sarcoidosis
- Septic shock
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Thyroiditis
- Ulcerative colitis
- Vomiting
: Intravenous or Intramuscular Injection When oral therapy is not feasible and the strength, dosage form, and route of administration of the drug reasonably lend the preparation to the treatment of the condition, those products labeled for intravenous or intramuscular use are indicated as follows: • Endocrine Disorders Primary or secondary adrenocortical insufficiency (hydrocortisone or cortisone is the drug of choice; synthetic analogs may be used in conjunction with mineralocorticoids where applicable; in infancy, mineralocorticoid supplementation is of particular importance) Acute adrenocor…
Dexamethasone price
Generic: From $0.071 each, about $2.12 for 30 (0.5 mg tablet); other forms from $0.10 per mL (0.5 mg/5 mL elx).
Brand: No brand price listed.
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