Methyl Prednisolone

Indication : Why is this medication prescribed?

Anti inflammatory or immunosuppresive. Status asthmaticus. Acute spinal cord injury. Lupus nephritis. Aplastic anaemia. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Life-threatening shock. Ulcerative colitis, non responsive active rheumatoid arthritis, organ transplant, pemphigus.

Contraindication: What are the special precautions to be followed?

Under following conditions, use of this medication is inadvisable. Its use should be withhold as it would cause harm to the patient
Hypersensitivity. Serious infections except septic shock or tuberculous meningitis, viral, fungal and tubercular skin lesions, admin of live virus vaccines.

Other Precaution to be observed while taking this medication

Hypertension. CHF, liver and renal failure (associated with fluid retention), DM, post menopausal women, glaucoma, corneal perforation. GI disease, thyroid disease, history of steroid myopathy. Pregnancy and lactation.

What are possible side effects of this medication ?

Aseptic necrosis of femoral and humeral heads. peptic ulcer, nausea, vomiting and a bad taste in the mouth. Hypertension, Hirsutism, acne, skin atrophy, bruising, hyperpigmentation, muscle weakness, osteoporosis, fractures, cataracts, glaucoma, infections hypersensitivity reactions, avascular necrosis, malignancy, intractable hiccups.

Drug Category/Class

Methyl Prednisolone has 58 Brands listed


Cambisol (4 mg)Cimsolon (1000 mg)
Corsol (200 mg)Deesolone (500 mg)
Depmed (80 mg)Indison M (16 mg)
Ivepred (16 mg)Ivepred (4 mg)
Ivepred (8 mg)Jascort (16 mg)
Jascort (4 mg)Labsolon (4 mg)
M B Sole (1000 mg)M Sol (40 mg)
Medel (80 mg)Medrol (16 mg)
Medrol (4 mg)Medrol (8 mg)
Meplon (4 mg)Metpro (4 mg)
Metroz (4 mg)Mickpred S (125 mg)
Mickpred S (40 mg)Mickpred S (500 mg)
Neo Drol (500 mg) (VHB Life Sciences)Nucort M (4 mg)
Nucort M (8 mg)Ph Mpa (10 gm)
Prado M (40 mg)Prado M (80 mg)
Predon M (4 mg)Predus (4 mg)
Predus (40 mg)Predus (80 mg)
Pree M (4 mg)Ranisol (1000 mg)
Ranisol (500 mg)Solar (16 mg)
Solar (4 mg)Solar (8 mg)
Solme (4 mg)Solme (8 mg)
Soloriv (1000 mg)Sterid (16 mg)
Sterid (4 mg)Sterid (500 mg)
Sterio (16 mg)Sterio (4 mg)
Systpred (1000 mg)Tripertz (1000 mg)
Tripertz (125 mg)Tripertz (40 mg)
Tripertz (500 mg)Unidrol (40 mg)
Unidrol (80 mg)Zempred (8 mg)
Zencort M (16 mg)Zencort M (4 mg)

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