Health Vidya

PredniSONE Tablets are indicated in the following conditions: • Endocrine Disorders 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 hyperplasiaNonsuppurative thyroiditisHypercalcemia associated with cancer • Rheumatic Disorders As adjunctive therapy for short-term administration (to tide the patient over an acute episode or exacerbation) in:Psoriatic arthritisRheumatoid arthritis, including juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (selected cases may require low-dose maintenance therapy)Ankylosing spondylitisAcute and subacute bursitisAcute nonspecific tenosynovitisAcute gouty arthritisPost-traumatic osteoarthritisSynovitis of osteoarthritisEpicondylitis • Collagen Diseases During an exacerbation or as maintenance therapy in selected cases of:Systemic lupus erythematosusSystemic dermatomyositis (polymyositis)Acute rheumatic carditis • Dermatologic Diseases PemphigusBullous dermatitis herpetiformisSevere erythema multiforme (Stevens-Johnson syndrome)Exfoliative dermatitisMycosis fungoidesSevere psoriasisSevere seborrheic dermatitis • Allergic States Control of severe or incapacitating allergic conditions intractable to adequate trials of conventional treatment:Seasonal or perennial allergic rhinitisBronchial asthmaContact dermatitisAtopic dermatitisSerum sicknessDrug hypersensitivity reactions • Ophthalmic Diseases Severe acute and chronic allergic and inflammatory processes involving the eye and its adnexa such as:Allergic corneal marginal ulcersHerpes zoster ophthalmicusAnterior segment inflammationDiffuse posterior uveitis and choroiditisSympathetic ophthalmiaAllergic conjunctivitisKeratitisChorioretinitisOptic neuritisIritis and iridocyclitis • Respiratory Diseases Symptomatic sarcoidosisLoeffler's syndrome not manageable by other meansBerylliosisAspiration pneumonitisFulminating or disseminated pulmonary tuberculosis when used concurrently with appropriate antituberculous chemotherapy • Hematologic Disorders Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in adultsSecondary thrombocytopenia in adultsAcquired (autoimmune) hemolytic anemiaErythroblastopenia (RBC anemia)Congenital (erythroid) hypoplastic anemia • Neoplastic Diseases For palliative management of:Leukemias and lymphomas in adultsAcute leukemia of childhood • Edematous States To induce a diuresis or remission of proteinuria in the nephrotic syndrome, without uremia, of the idiopathic type or that due to lupus erythematosus • Gastrointestinal Diseases To tide the patient over a critical period of the disease in:Ulcerative colitisRegional enteritis • Miscellaneous Tuberculous meningitis with subarachnoid block or impending block when used concurrently with appropriate antituberculous chemotherapyTrichinosis with neurologic or myocardial involvement