Dexamethasone Nikomed

Country of origin - Austria
Pharm-Group - Products with glucocorticosteroid activity

Manufacturers - Nycomed Austria GmbH (Austria)
International name - Dexamethasone
Synonyms - Vero-Dexamethasone, Daxin, Decadron, Decdan, Dexa-Allvoran, Dexabene, Dexaven, Dexasone, Dexacort, Dexamed, Dexamethasone, Dexamethasone "Hafslund Nycomed", Dexamethasone phosphate, Dexamethasone-Lance, Dexamethasone-Ferein, Dexamethasone sodium phosphate, Dexa
Dosage forms - solution for injection 4 mg/ml
Composition - International name - dexamethasone.

Indications for use:

1. Addison's disease, congenital adrenal hypoplasia, adrenal insufficiency (usually in combination with mineralocorticoids), adrenogenital syndrome, thyroiditis (acute, subacute), hypothyroidism, tumor hypercalcemia, shock (anaphylactic, post-traumatic, postoperative, cardiogenic, blood transfusion, etc.), rheumatoid arthritis in the acute phase, acute rheumatic carditis, collagenosis (rheumatic diseases; disseminated lupus erythematosus, etc.), inflammatory and degenerative diseases of the joints (arthritis, tendovaginitis, bursitis, epicondylitis, styloiditis, osteochondrosis, osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, etc.), myositis, infectious-allergic bronchial asthma, status asthmaticus (IV, IM), allergic and anaphylactoid reactions, incl. caused by drugs, dermatitis (contact, atopic, exfoliative, blistering, herpetiformis, seborrheic, etc.), psoriasis, eczema, exudative erythema multiforme, pemphigus, mycosis fungoides, erythroderma and other skin diseases, cerebral edema (with tumors, cranial -brain injury, neurosurgical intervention, cerebral hemorrhage, encephalitis, meningitis, radiation damage to the lungs (IV, IM), ulcerative colitis, hepatitis, sarcoidosis, berylliosis, disseminated tuberculosis (only in combination with anti-tuberculosis drugs), disease Leffler and other severe respiratory diseases, anemia (autoimmune, hemolytic, congenital, hypoplastic, idiopathic, erythroblastopenia), idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (in adults), secondary thrombocytopenia, lymphoma (Hodgkin, non-Hodgkin), leukemia, lymphocytic leukemia (acute, chronic), agranulocytosis, plasmacytoma and other blood diseases, nephrotic syndrome, severe infectious diseases (with mandatory combination with antibiotics), multiple sclerosis, non-purulent and allergic eye diseases (conjunctivitis, keratitis, iritis, iridocyclitis, blepharitis, blepharoconjunctivitis, episcleritis, scleritis), inflammatory processes after eye injuries and operations, sympathetic ophthalmia, diagnosis of adrenocortical insufficiency, pituitary short stature (in children), affective disorders, incl. for depression.

Contraindications:

1. Hypersensitivity, systemic mycoses, amoebic infections, active forms of tuberculosis, infectious lesions of joints and periarticular soft tissues, the period before and after preventive vaccinations (especially antiviral ones), obesity of III-IV degree (inside); eye drops - viral, including lichen simplex, chickenpox, fungal and tuberculous eye infections, acute purulent eye infection (in the absence of antibacterial therapy), diseases of the cornea with epithelial defects, trachoma, glaucoma. Restrictions on use: Peptic ulcers of the gastrointestinal tract, peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum, esophagitis, gastritis, intestinal anastomosis (in the immediate history), congestive heart failure, arterial hypertension, thrombosis, diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis, Itsenko-Cushing disease, acute renal and/or or liver failure, ps