Health Vidya

Primary or secondary adrenocortical insufficiency (hydrocortisone or cortisone is the first choice; synthetic analogs may be used in conjunction with mineralocorticoids where applicable; in infancy mineralocorticoid supplementation is of particular importance) Congenital adrenal hyperplasia Hypercalcemia associated with cancer Nonsuppurative thyroiditis As adjunctive therapy for short-term administration (to tide the patient over an acute episode or exacerbation) in: Psoriatic arthritis Rheumatoid arthritis, including juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (selected cases may require low-dose maintenance therapy) Ankylosing spondylitis Post-traumatic osteoarthritis Acute and subacute bursitis Synovitis of osteoarthritis Acute nonspecific tenosynovitis Epicondylitis Acute gouty arthritis During an exacerbation or as maintenance therapy in selected cases of: Systemic lupus erythematosus Acute rheumatic carditis Systemic dermatomyositis (polymyositis) Pemphigus Exfoliative dermatitis Bullous dermatitis herpetiformis Mycosis fungoides Severe erythema multiforme (Stevens-Johnson syndrome) Severe psoriasis Severe seborrheic dermatitis Control of severe or incapacitating allergic conditions intractable to adequate trials of conventional treatment. Seasonal or perennial allergic rhinitis Contact dermatitis Atopic dermatitis Serum sickness Drug hypersensitivity reactions Bronchial asthma Severe acute and chronic allergic and inflammatory processes involving the eye and its adnexa such as: Allergic conjunctivitis Anterior segment inflammation Keratitis Allergic corneal marginal ulcers Diffuse posterior uveitis and choroiditis Herpes zoster ophthalmicus Iritis and iridocyclitis Optic neuritis Chorioretinitis Sympathetic ophthalmia Symptomatic sarcoidosis Loeffler's syndrome not manageable by other means Fulminating or disseminated pulmonary tuberculosis when used concurrently with appropriate antituberculous chemotherapy Berylliosis Aspiration pneumonitis Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in adults Acquired (autoimmune) hemolytic anemia Secondary thrombocytopenia in adults Erythroblastopenia (RBC anemia) Congenital (erythroid) hypoplastic anemia For palliative management of: Leukemias and lymphomas in adults Acute leukemia of childhood To induce a diuresis or remission of proteinuria in the nephrotic syndrome, without uremia, of the idiopathic type or that due to lupus erythematosus To tide the patient over a critical period of the disease in: Ulcerative colitis Regional enteritis Tuberculous meningitis with subarachnoid block or impending block when used concurrently with appropriate antituberculous chemotherapy Trichinosis with neurologic or myocardial involvement