Dexamethasone
Brand names: Decadron
Drug class: Corticosteroid
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
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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