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A multipurpose Steroid
Product Name: PREDILONE
Tablets
Prednisolone 5/10/20/30/40 mg
Predilone-5, Predilone-10, Predilone-20, Predilone-30, Predilone-40
A versatile oral steroid with multiple benefits - Anti-inflammatory & immunosuppressant action, Useful as a substitutional therapy of natural steroid.
Better side effect profile than orally potent steroids such as dexamethasone
Effectively treats RA with low dose
It is known and has been repeatedly demonstrated that low doses of prednisone or prednisolone (10mg daily or 5mg bid) will control most of the inflammatory features of early polyarticular rheumatoid arthritis.
Also, low doses of prednisolone are known to retard the bony damage of rheumatoid arthritis, and thus these are the original disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.
Also valuable in many dermatological and non-dermatological conditions
DERMATOLOGICAL- Urticaria, Contact dermatitis, Drug reactions, Bee Stings,Pemphigus, systemic lupus, Erythmatosus
NON-DERMATOLOGICAL- Caeliac sprue, Chronic ulcerative colitis, Osteoarthritis, Bronchial asthma, Herpes gestationis, Rheumatic fever, Collagen disease
Medical Jr.
Conn DL. Arthritis Rheum 2001 Oct; 45(5): 462-7