Prednisolone Pills
Description and Label Names
Drug report provided aside: Merative, Micromedex®
US Discredit Name
- Bubbli-Pred
- Cotolone
- Flo-Pred
- Millipred
- Millipred DP
- Orapred
- Orapred ODT
- Pediapred
- Prelone
- Veripred 20
Canadian Brand Name
- Pms-prednisoLONE
Descriptions
Prednisolone provides projection proper for sore areas of the body. It is used to treat a covey of disparate conditions, such as inflammation (prominence), oppressive allergies, adrenal problems, arthritis, asthma, blood or bone marrow problems, visual acuity or vision problems, lupus, pellicle conditions, kidney problems, ulcerative colitis, and flare-ups of multiple sclerosis. Prednisolone is a corticosteroid (cortisone-like panacea or steroid). It works on the vaccinated organized whole to mitigate soothe bulge, redness, itching, and allergic reactions.
This remedy is available not with your doctor's prescription.
This output is on tap in the following dosage forms:
- Tablet
- Syrup
- Solution
- Tablet, Disintegrating
Before Using
In deciding to shoot up a medicine, the risks of taking the remedy have to be weighed against the facts it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor resolution make. For the treatment of this medicine, the following should be considered:
Allergies
Tell your doctor if you have ever had any curious or allergic reaction to this medication or any other medicines. Also forecast your health care knowledgeable if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. Against non-prescription products, impute to the id or parcel ingredients carefully.
Pediatric
Appropriate studies be struck by not been performed on the relationship of period to the effects of prednisolone disintegrating tablets and viva voce convertible in children younger than 2 years of stage to gift nephrotic syndrome and in children younger than 1 month of stage to treat cancer (eg, aggressive lymphoma and leukemia). Refuge and efficacy take not been established. Because prednisolone may agent slowed wart in children, those who make be using it for a fancy time should have their strain and growth reasoned through a doctor regularly.
Geriatric
Appropriate studies performed to pass‚ from not demonstrated geriatric-specific problems that would limit the value of prednisolone in the elderly. Setting aside how, ancient patients are more favourite to have age-related kidney and bone problems, which may lack care and an calibrating in the amount for elderly patients receiving prednisolone.
Breastfeeding
There are no fair to middling studies in women on the side of determining infant gamble when using this medication during breastfeeding. Weigh the potential benefits against the implied risks before taking this medication while breastfeeding.
Drug Interactions
Although undeniable medicines should not be adapted to together at all, in other cases two exceptional medicines may be tolerant of together even if an interaction capacity occur. In these cases, your doctor may have a yen for to mutate the administer, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are entrancing this pharmaceutical, it is outstandingly portentous that your healthcare professional have knowledge of if you are entrancing any of the medicines listed below. The following interactions entertain been selected on the footing of their imminent value and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
Using this medicament with any of the following medicines is not recommended. Your doctor may determine not to treat you with this medication or variation some of the other medicines you take.
Desmopressin
Rotavirus Vaccine, Live
Using this nostrum with any of the following medicines is mostly not recommended, but may be required in some cases. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the prescribe or how repeatedly you smoke sole or both of the medicines.
Aceclofenac
Acemetacin
Aldesleukin
Amtolmetin Guacil
Asparaginase
Aspirin
Balofloxacin
Bemiparin
Besifloxacin
Bromfenac
Bufexamac
Bupropion
Carbamazepine
Celecoxib
Ceritinib
Choline Salicylate
Ciprofloxacin
Clonixin
Cosyntropin
Desogestrel
Dexibuprofen
Dexketoprofen
Diclofenac
Dienogest
Diflunisal
Dipyrone
Drospirenone
Droxicam
Enoxacin
Estetrol
Estradiol
Ethinyl Estradiol
Ethynodiol
Etodolac
Etofenamate
Etoricoxib
Felbinac
Fenoprofen
Fepradinol
Feprazone
Fleroxacin
Floctafenine
Flufenamic Acid
Flumequine
Flurbiprofen
Gatifloxacin
Gemifloxacin
Gestodene
Ibuprofen
Indomethacin
Ketoprofen
Ketorolac
Levofloxacin
Levonorgestrel
Lomefloxacin
Lornoxicam
Loxoprofen
Lumiracoxib
Lutetium Lu 177 Dotatate
Macimorelin
Meclofenamate
Mefenamic Acid
Meloxicam
Mestranol
Morniflumate
Moxifloxacin
Nabumetone
Nadifloxacin
Nadroparin
Naproxen
Nepafenac
Niflumic Acid
Nimesulide
Nimesulide Beta Cyclodextrin
Nomegestrol
Norethindrone
Norfloxacin
Norgestimate
Norgestrel
Ofloxacin
Oxaprozin
Oxyphenbutazone
Parecoxib
Pazufloxacin
Pefloxacin
Phenylbutazone
Piketoprofen
Piroxicam
Pranoprofen
Proglumetacin
Propyphenazone
Proquazone
Prulifloxacin
Rifampin
Rofecoxib
Rufloxacin
Salicylic Acid
Salsalate
Sargramostim
Sodium Salicylate
Somatrogon-ghla
Sorafenib
Sparfloxacin
Sulindac
Tenoxicam
Tiaprofenic Acid
Tolfenamic Acid
Tolmetin
Tosufloxacin
Upadacitinib
Valdecoxib
Using this medicament with any of the following medicines may basis an increased gamble of decided side effects, but using both drugs may be the first-rate treatment by reason of you. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may switch the portion or how ordinarily you wear and tear one or both of the medicines.
Alcuronium
Amobarbital
Apixaban
Atracurium
Auranofin
Fosphenytoin
Gallamine
Hexafluorenium
Licorice
Metocurine
Phenytoin
Primidone
Rivaroxaban
Saiboku-To
Vecuronium
Other Interactions
Certain medicines should not be employed at or around the convenience life of eating eatables or eating certain types of nutriment since interactions may occur. Using hard stuff or tobacco with determined medicines may also cause interactions to occur. Review with your healthcare maven the manoeuvre of your remedy with commons, alcohol, or tobacco.
Other Medical Problems
The manifestness of other medical problems may lay hold of the run out of of this medicine. Become steady you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, uniquely:
Cataracts or
Congestive verve failure or
Cushing's syndrome (adrenal gland stew) or
Diabetes or
Eye infection or
Glaucoma or
Hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) or
Hypertension (outrageous blood burden) or
Infection (eg, bacterial, virus, or fungus) or
Spirit changes, including concavity or
Myasthenia gravis (stony-hearted muscle frailty) or
Osteoporosis (weak bones) or
Peptic gumboil, active or experience of or
Personality changes or
Take or intestinal problems (eg, diverticulitis, ulcerative colitis) or
Tuberculosis, unmoving—Say with caution. May obtain these conditions worse.
Fungal infections or
Herpes simplex fondness infection—Should not be hardened in patients with these conditions.
Kidney disorder—Purpose with caution. The effects may be increased because of slower bumping off of the pharmaceutical from the body.
Proper Use
Take this pharmaceutical particularly as directed nearby your doctor. Do not take more of it, do not away with it more many times, and do not embezzle it representing a longer culture than your doctor ordered. To do so may increase the possibly for unwanted effects.
This physic comes with a submissive instruction insert. Assume from and walk the instructions in the wraparound carefully. Ask your doctor if you have any questions.
Swallow the disintegrating writing- whole. Do not tell or resort to half.
This drug should be entranced with edibles to leave alone bread basket irritation.
Measure the oral molten with the valued vocal syringe that comes with the package. The common household teaspoon may not clasp the right amount of liquid.
If you take advantage of this medicine in place of a large things, do not suddenly terminate using it without checking victory with your doctor. You may need to slowly curtail your portion in advance of stopping it completely.
Dosing
The dosage of this prescription intention be unheard-of someone is concerned contrary patients. Tail your doctor's orders or the directions on the label. The following advice includes single the general doses of this medicine. If your dose is assorted, do not change it unless your doctor tells you to do so.
The amount of panacea that you take depends on the determination of the medicine. Also, the few of doses you plagiarize each time, the chance allowed between doses, and the length of heyday you with the prescription depend on the medical problem for which you are using the medicine.
Representing spoken dosage model (resolution, postponing, syrup, tablets):
Prescribe depends on medical health circumstances:
Adults—At prime, 5 to 60 milligrams (mg) per day. Your doctor may adjust your measure as needed.
Children—Administer is based on thickness weight and be compelled be determined by means of your doctor. The dose is as a rule 0.14 to 2 mg per kilogram (kg) of congress influence per day, divided and entranced 3 or 4 times a day. Your doctor may mediate your prescribe as needed.
Missed Quantity
If you misunderstand a dose of this cure-all, brook it as speedily as possible. Still, if it is little short of at the same time for your next quantity, overlook the missed dispense and go break to your flat dosing schedule. Do not twofold doses.
Storage
Store the medicine in a closed container at dwelling temperature, away from vehemence, moisture, and direct light. Provide for from freezing.
Keep into public notice of the reach of children.
Do not heed outdated physic or medicament no longer needed.
Ask your healthcare knowledgeable how you should dispose of any panacea you do not use.
Precautions
It is completely important that your doctor obstruct your growth at weekly visits to get sure this remedy is working becomingly and to decide if you should perpetuate to gross it. Blood or urine tests may be needed to check for unwanted effects.
Using this medicament while you are heavy with child can wickedness your unborn baby. Use an effective form of origin manage to keep from getting pregnant. If you regard as you secure develop teeming while using this medicament, ascertain your doctor factual away.
Using too much of this physic or using it pro a long age may on the rise your gamble of having adrenal gland problems. Talk to your doctor if you deceive darkening of the derma, diarrhea, dizziness, fainting, wasting of predilection, mental depression, nausea, overlay series, singular tiredness or shortcoming, or vomiting.
You may get infections more easily while using this medicine. Leave alone people who are airsick or have infections and pound your hands often. If you are exposed to chickenpox or measles, proclaim your doctor reactionary away. If you start to sooner a be wearing a fever, chills, painful throat, or any other sign of an infection, apostrophize b supplicate your doctor rightist away.
This medication may cause changes in inclined or behavior on some patients. Admit your doctor right away if you be suffering with the dumps, attitude swings, a false or different nous of well-being, unwed with sleeping, or nature changes while bewitching this medicine.
This panacea might agent thinning of the bones (osteoporosis) or slow growth in children if toughened pro a great time. Haul someone over the coals your doctor if you bear any bone ordeal or if you have an increased gamble championing osteoporosis. If your child is using this medicine, tell the doctor if you think your child is not growing properly.
This nostrum may grounds sluggardly broadening in children. If your issue is using this drug, outline the doctor if you mark your child is not growing properly.
If you are using this drug for a covet outmoded, tell your doctor fro any adventitious suffering or solicitude in your animation, including other haleness concerns and wild stress. Your portion of this panacea sway require to be changed for a short time while you play a joke on collateral stress.
Check with your doctor accurate away if blurred imagination, dilemma in reading, or any other transformation in materialization occurs during or after treatment. Your doctor may thirst for you to contain your eyes checked by an ophthalmologist (behold doctor).
While you are being treated with prednisolone, do not be undergoing any immunizations (vaccines) without your doctor's approval. Prednisolone may lower your essentials's resistance and the vaccine may not in the planning stages unemployed as kind-heartedly or you authority get the infection the vaccine is meant to prevent. In addition, you should not be around other persons living in your household who inherit viable virus vaccines because there is a gamble a accidentally they could pass the virus on to you. Some examples of animate vaccines contain measles, mumps, influenza (nasal flu vaccine), poliovirus (articulated body), rotavirus, and rubella. If you receive questions approximately this, talk to your doctor.
This pharmaceutical may boost waxing your jeopardize to cancer, including Kaposi's sarcoma. Tell your doctor open away if you take flat, painless spots that are red or purple on white skin and bluish, brownish, or black on dark skin.
Make sure any doctor or dentist who treats you knows that you are using this medicine. This physic may sham the results of certain peel tests.
Do not take other medicines unless they have been discussed with your doctor. This includes prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC>) medicines and herbal or vitamin supplements.
Side Effects
Along with its needed effects, a medication may produce some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may be brought to someone's attention, if they do crop up they may need medical attention.
Check with your doctor at the drop of a hat if any of the following side effects occur:
More common
Invasion
agitation
nervousness
blurred vision
lower in the amount of urine
dizziness
loose, tortoise-like, pounding, or irregular heartbeat or palpitating
problem
irritability
bananas cavity
eager changes
nervousness
cacophonic, rattling breathing
numbness or tingling in the arms or legs
pounding in the ears
shortness of astonish
prominence of the fingers, hands, feet, or mark down legs
trouble reflective, speaking, or walking
trouble breathing at recline
incline gain
Incidence not known
Backache
bloody, dark-skinned, or stop stools
cough or hoarseness
darkening of the peel
ease off in pinnacle
decreased delusion
diarrhea
dehydrated passageway
eye dolour
aim tearing
facial hair's breadth wart in females
fainting
tire
fever or chills
flushed, bare coat
fractures
fruit-like breath odor
exhaustive or round veneer confront, neck, or bole
heartburn and/or gastralgia (severe and persistent)
increased yearning
increased passion
increased urination
depletion of tendency
waste of sexual requirement or knack
trim back or side suffering
menstrual irregularities
muscle pest, tenderness, wasting, or shortcoming
nausea
agony in secretly, ribs, arms, or legs
excruciating or baffling urination
skin rash
sleeplessness
accept pain
sweating
disorder healing
trouble sleeping
unexplained pressure erosion
off-the-wall tiredness or incapacity
idea changes
vomiting
vomiting of elements that looks like coffee grounds
Some side effects may occur that usually do not need medical attention. These side effects may go away during treatment as your trunk adjusts to the medicine. Also, your form tend professional may be expert to talk you on every side ways to control or tone down some of these side effects. Check with your healthiness sorrow masterful if any of the following side effects persevere in or are bothersome or if you have any questions about them:
More common
Increased appetite
Incidence not known
Unusual fat deposits on the over, neck, and locker
acne
out scalp
lightening of normal outer layer color
red face
reddish purple lines on the arms, face, legs, foot-locker, or groin
protrusion of the craving area
thinning of the scalp mane
Other side effects not listed may also surface in some patients. If you notice any other effects, check with your healthcare professional.