What Are Dexamethasone Injections?

Dexamethasone injection belongs to adrenal corticosteroids, and has anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, anti-shock effects. It is mainly used in clinical allergic and autoimmune diseases. Such as rheumatoid arthritis, bronchial asthma, dermatitis and other allergic diseases. It is mainly used for allergic and autoimmune inflammatory diseases, such as connective tissue disease, rheumatoid arthritis, severe bronchial asthma, dermatitis and other allergic diseases, ulcerative colitis, acute leukemia, and malignant lymphoma.

Dexamethasone injection

Dexamethasone injection belongs to

This product is a suspension of fine particles. After standing, the fine particles sink and shake into a uniform milky white.

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Intramuscular injection: 1 to 8 mg once, once a day; it can also be used for intrathecal injection or intraarticular cavity, soft tissue injury, 0.8 to 6 mg once every 2 weeks; local intradermal injection, 0.05 to 0.25 mg per point A total of 2.5mg once a week. Nasal cavity, larynx, trachea, middle ear cavity, ear canal are injected 0.1 ~ 0.2mg, 1 ~ 3 times a day; intravenous injection is usually 2 ~ 20mg.

Larger doses of this product are prone to cause symptoms of diabetes, peptic ulcer and Cushing-like syndrome, and have a strong inhibitory effect on the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis. Complicated infection is the main adverse reaction.

Patients with a history of allergies to this product and adrenal corticosteroids are contraindicated. Hypertension, thrombosis, gastric and duodenal ulcers, psychosis, abnormal electrolyte metabolism, myocardial infarction, visceral surgery, glaucoma and other patients are generally not suitable for use. Weigh the pros and cons of using in special circumstances, but attention should be paid to the possibility of worsening the condition.

1. Patients with tuberculosis, acute bacterial or viral infections should be used with caution. When necessary, appropriate anti-infective treatment must be given.

2. After taking the medicine for a long time, reduce the dose gradually before stopping the medicine.

3. Diabetes,

Use in pregnant women can increase placental insufficiency,

If children use adrenocortical hormones, they must be very cautious. Using hormones can inhibit the growth and development of children. If long-term use is really necessary, short-acting or intermediate-acting preparations should be used instead of long-acting dexamethasone preparations. And observe the changes in intracranial pressure.

High blood pressure is susceptible to osteoporosis in elderly patients, especially postmenopausal women.

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   Adrenal corticosteroids, its anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, anti-shock effect ratio

   Peak blood concentration was reached 8 hours after intramuscular injection of dexamethasone acetate. Plasma protein binding rate is lower than other corticosteroids.

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