Dexamethasone phosphate
Definition: Dexamethasone is a fluorinated glucocorticoid medication used to treat rheumatic problems, a number of skin diseases, severe allergies, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), croup, brain swelling, eye pain following eye surgery, superior vena cava syndrome (a complication of some forms of cancer), and along with antibiotics in tuberculosis. In adrenocortical insufficiency, it may be used in combination with a mineralocorticoid medication such as fludrocortisone. In preterm labor,... source: Wikipedia
- ID
- 396016009
- ID date
- 29 Jul 2005
- Previous ID
- 3526911000001104
- Name
- Dexamethasone phosphate