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Methylprednisolone. Methylprednisolone (Depo-Medrol, Medrol, Solu-Medrol) is a synthetic glucocorticoid, primarily prescribed for its anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects. [4][5][6] It is either used at low doses for chronic illnesses or used concomitantly at high doses during acute flares. Methylprednisolone and its derivatives can ...
Fludrocortisone, sold under the brand name Florinef, among others, is a corticosteroid used to treat adrenogenital syndrome, postural hypotension, and adrenal insufficiency. [1][2][3] In adrenal insufficiency, it is generally taken together with hydrocortisone. [3] Fludrocortisone is taken by mouth [3] and is most commonly used in its acetate form.
Prednisone is a synthetic pregnane corticosteroid and derivative of cortisone and is also known as δ 1-cortisone or 1,2-dehydrocortisone or as 17α,21-dihydroxypregna-1,4-diene-3,11,20-trione. [42] [43]
Prednisolone is a corticosteroid drug with predominant glucocorticoid and low mineralocorticoid activity, making it useful for the treatment of a wide range of inflammatory and autoimmune conditions [14] such as asthma, [15] uveitis, pyoderma gangrenosum, rheumatoid arthritis, urticaria, [16] angioedema, [16] ulcerative colitis, pericarditis, temporal arteritis and Crohn's disease, Bell's ...
Lewis Sarett of Merck & Co. was the first to synthesize cortisone, using a 36-step process that started with deoxycholic acid, which was extracted from ox bile. [56] The low efficiency of converting deoxycholic acid into cortisone led to a cost of US$200 per gram in 1947.
Cortisone is a pregnene (21-carbon) steroid hormone. It is a naturally-occurring corticosteroid metabolite that is also used as a pharmaceutical prodrug. Cortisol is converted by the action of the enzyme corticosteroid 11-beta-dehydrogenase isozyme 2 into the inactive metabolite cortisone, particularly in the kidneys.
Cortisone acetate (brand names Adreson, Cortison, Cortisone, Cortisone Acetate, Cortone, Cortistab, Cortisyl, others) is a synthetic glucocorticoid corticosteroid and corticosteroid ester which is marketed (under prescription) in many countries throughout the world, including in the United States, the United Kingdom, and various other European countries.
Stress doses. Emergency corticosteroid supplementation in patients taking exogenous corticosteroids: [2] 25 mg of hydrocortisone every eight hours for 24 hours. Resume usual dose thereafter. 50 mg every eight hours for 24 hours. Taper dose by half per day to maintenance level.