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Dexamethasone
Krka UK Ltd
H02AB02
Dexamethasone
4mg
Oral tablet
Oral
No Controlled Drug Status
Valid as a prescribable product
BNF: 06030200; GTIN: 5391512454135
PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER Dexamethasone 4 mg tablets Dexamethasone 8 mg tablets dexamethasone What is in this leaflet 1. What Dexamethasone is and what it is used for 2. What you need to know before you take Dexamethasone 3. How to take Dexamethasone 4. Possible side effects 5. How to store Dexamethasone 6. Contents of the pack and other information 1. WHAT DEXAMETHASONE IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR Dexamethasone is a synthetic glucocorticoid. Glucocorticoids are hormones produced by the cortex of adrenal glands. The medicine has anti-inflammatory, analgesic and anti-allergic effects, and suppresses the immune system. Dexamethasone is recommended for the treatment of rheumatic and autoimmune diseases (e.g. systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, polyarthritis nodosa), diseases of respiratory tract (e.g. bronchial asthma, croup), skin (e.g. erythroderma, pemphigus vulgaris), tuberculous meningitis only in conjunction with anti-infective therapy, diseases of blood (e.g. idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in adults), cerebral oedema, treatment of symptomatic multiple myeloma, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Hodgkin’s disease and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in combination with other medicinal products, palliative treatment of neoplastic diseases, prophylaxis and treatment of nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy and prevention and treatment of vomiting after operation, within antiemetic treatment. Dexamethasone 4 mg tablets Dexamethasone is used as a treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in adult and adolescent patients (aged 12 years and older with body weight at least 40 kg) with difficulty breathing and need of oxygen therapy. 2. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU TAKE DEXAMETHASONE Do not take Dexamethasone • if you are allergic to dexamethasone or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6). • if you have an infection that affects the whole body (unless you are receiving treatment). • if you have a stomach or duode 전체 문서 읽기
OBJECT 1 DEXAMETHASONE 4 MG TABLETS Summary of Product Characteristics Updated 26-Apr-2017 | Consilient Health Ltd 1. Name of the medicinal product Dexamethasone 4 mg tablets 2. Qualitative and quantitative composition Each tablet contains 4 mg dexamethasone. Excipient with known effect: Each tablet contains 77.9 mg lactose (as lactose monohydrate). For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1. 3. Pharmaceutical form Tablet 4 mg tablets: White or almost white, round tablets with bevelled edges and scored on one side (Thickness: 2.5-3.5 mm; Diameter: 5.7-6.3 mm). The tablet can be divided into equal doses. 4. Clinical particulars 4.1 Therapeutic indications NEUROLOGY Cerebral oedema (only with symptoms of intracranial pressure evidenced by computerised tomography) caused by a brain tumour, neuro-surgical intervention, cerebral abscess. PULMONARY AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES Acute asthma exacerbations when use of an oral corticosteroid (OCS) is appropriate, croup. DERMATOLOGY Initial treatment of extensive, severe, acute, skin diseases responding to glucocorticoids, e.g. erythroderma, pemphigus vulgaris. AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS/RHEUMATOLOGY Initial treatment of autoimmune disorders like systemic lupus erythematodes. Active phases of systemic vasculitides like panarteritis nodosa (treatment duration should be limited to two weeks in cases of concomitant positive hepatitis B serology). Severe progressive course of active rheumatoid arthritis, e.g. fast proceeding destructive forms and/or extraarticular manifestations. Severe systemic course of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (Still's disease). HAEMATOLOGICAL DISORDER Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in adults. INFECTOLOGY Tuberculous meningitis only in conjunction with anti-infective therapy. ONCOLOGY Palliative treatment of neoplastic diseases. Prophylaxis and treatment of emesis induced by cytostatics, emetogenic chemotherapy within antiemetic treatment. Treatment of symptomatic multiple myeloma, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Hodgkin's disease and non- Hodgkin's lymp 전체 문서 읽기