13 Facts About Dexamethasone

Dexamethasone is a glucocorticoid medication used to treat rheumatic problems, a number of skin diseases, severe allergies, asthma, chronic obstructive lung disease, croup, brain swelling, eye pain following eye surgery, superior vena cava syndrome, and along with antibiotics in tuberculosis.

Dexamethasone was first synthesized in 1957 by Philip Showalter Hench and was approved for medical use in 1958.

Dexamethasone is used to treat many inflammatory and autoimmune disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis and bronchospasm.

Dexamethasone is commonly given as a treatment for croup in children, as a single dose can reduce the swelling of the airway to improve breathing and reduce discomfort.

Dexamethasone has been used with antibiotics to treat acute endophthalmitis.

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Dexamethasone is recommended by the National Health Service in the UK and the National Institutes of Health in the US for people with COVID-19 who need either mechanical ventilation or supplemental oxygen .

Dexamethasone can be taken by mouth or given as an injection or infusion into a vein.

Dexamethasone is the treatment for the very rare disorder of glucocorticoid resistance.

Dexamethasone has been used during pregnancy as an off-label prenatal treatment for the symptoms of congenital adrenal hyperplasia in female babies.

Dexamethasone is used in the treatment of high-altitude cerebral edema, as well as high-altitude pulmonary edema .

Dexamethasone was first synthesized by Philip Showalter Hench in 1957.

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