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| A multipurpose Steroid |
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| 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 |
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Also valuable in many dermatological and non-dermatological conditions
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| DERMATOLOGICAL- Urticaria, Contact dermatitis, Drug reactions, Bee Stings,Pemphigus, systemic lupus, Erythmatosus
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| NON-DERMATOLOGICAL- Caeliac sprue, Chronic ulcerative colitis, Osteoarthritis, Bronchial asthma, Herpes gestationis, Rheumatic fever, Collagen disease
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Medical Jr.
| Conn DL. Arthritis Rheum 2001 Oct; 45(5): 462-7
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