METHYLPREDNISOLONE (methylprednisolone)


Drug overview for METHYLPREDNISOLONE (methylprednisolone):

Generic name: methylprednisolone (METH-il-pred-NIS-oh-lone)
Drug class: Glucocorticosteroids
Therapeutic class: Endocrine

Methylprednisolone is a synthetic glucocorticoid.

Methylprednisolone and its derivatives are used principally as anti-inflammatory or immunosuppressant agents. Because methylprednisolone has only minimal mineralocorticoid properties, the drug is inadequate alone for the management of adrenocortical insufficiency. If methylprednisolone is used in the treatment of this condition, concomitant therapy with a mineralocorticoid also is required.

Methylprednisolone has been used as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of serious complications from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)+. Patients with severe COVID-19 may develop a systemic inflammatory response that can result in lung injury and multisystem organ dysfunction. The potent anti-inflammatory effects of corticosteroids (e.g., methylprednisolone) may prevent or mitigate these deleterious effects. For additional information, see Uses: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), in the Corticosteroids General Statement 68:04.
DRUG IMAGES
  • METHYLPREDNISOLONE 4 MG TABLET
    METHYLPREDNISOLONE 4 MG TABLET
  • METHYLPREDNISOLONE 8 MG TABLET
    METHYLPREDNISOLONE 8 MG TABLET
  • METHYLPREDNISOLONE 16 MG TAB
    METHYLPREDNISOLONE 16 MG TAB
  • METHYLPREDNISOLONE 32 MG TAB
    METHYLPREDNISOLONE 32 MG TAB
The following indications for METHYLPREDNISOLONE (methylprednisolone) have been approved by the FDA:

Indications:
Acquired thrombocytopenia
Acute exacerbation of multiple sclerosis
Acute gouty arthritis
Acute lymphoid leukemia
Acute rheumatic carditis
Adrenocortical insufficiency
Adrenogenital disorder
Allergic rhinitis
Angioedema
Ankylosing spondylitis
Aspiration pneumonitis
Atopic dermatitis
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Berylliosis
Bursitis
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Contact dermatitis
Crohn's disease
Dermatitis herpetiformis
Diagnostic test for Cushing's syndrome
Diamond Blackfan anemia
Disseminated tuberculosis
Epicondylitis
Erythema multiforme
Erythroblastic anemia
Exfoliative dermatitis
Follicular lymphoma
Hodgkin's lymphoma
Humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy
Hypersensitivity drug reaction
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
Inflammatory bowel disease
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Loffler syndrome
Mycosis fungoides
Nephrotic syndrome
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Ocular inflammation
Organ transplant rejection
Pemphigus
Post traumatic osteoarthritis
Primary adrenocortical insufficiency
Psoriasis
Psoriatic arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Sarcoidosis
Serum sickness
Severe persistent asthma
Synovitis due to osteoarthritis
Synovitis
Systemic dermatomyositis
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Tendonitis
Tenosynovitis
Thyroiditis
Trichinosis


Professional Synonyms:
Aase syndrome
Acquired hemolytic anemia due to antibodies
Acute articular gout
Acute exacerbation of MS
Acute gout attack
Acute gout flare
Acute lymphatic leukemia
Acute lymphocytic leukemia
Acute lymphogenous leukemia
Acute relapse of MS
Acute relapse of multiple sclerosis
Acute uratic arthritis
Addison melanoderma
Adrenal cortical hypofunction
Adrenal failure
Adrenal insufficiency
Adrenocortical hypofunction
Adrenogenital syndrome
Anemia lymphatica
Angioneurotic edema
Arthritis deformans
Arthrosis deformans
Asthenia pigmentosa
Atopic eczema
Atrophedema
Axial spondyloarthritis with radiographic sacroiliitis
Bannister's disease
Bekhterev's arthritis
Bekhterev's disease
Bekhterev's spondylitis
Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease
Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann syndrome
Blackfan Diamond syndrome
Blistering skin disease
Boeck's disease
Boeck's sarcoid
Bullous dermatitis herpetiformis
Chronic adrenocortical insufficiency
Congenital erythroid hypoplastic anemia
Congenital hypoplastic anemia
Congenital pure red cell aplasia
Congenital suprarenal hyperplasia
Constitutional erythroid hypoplasia
Deficiency in bone marrow erythroblasts
Dermatitis venenata
Diagnostic procedure for Cushing's syndrome
Disseminated lupus erythematosus
Disseminated neurodermatitis
Drug hypersensitivity reaction
Drug-induced hypersensitivity reaction
Drug-induced hypersensitivity
Erythema exfoliativa
Erythema polymorphe
Erythroblastopenia
Erythroderma exfoliativa
Erythrogenesis imperfecta
Exfoliative eczema
Exfoliative erythroderma
Follicular B-cell lymphoma
Follicular B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Giant urticaria
Hebra's disease
Herpes iris
Hodgkin's disease
Hypercalcemia associated with cancer
Hypercalcemia associated with malignancy
Hypercalcemia of malignancy
Hypoadrenalism
Hypocorticoidism
Immune thrombocytopenia purpura
Inflammation of the synovial membrane
Inflammation of the synovium
Juvenile RA
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Loeffler syndrome
Loffler's syndrome
Lupus erythematosus syndrome
Lymphoblastic leukemia
Malignant hypercalcemia
Marie-Strumpell disease
Marie-Strumpell spondylitis
Melasma addisonii
Mendelson's syndrome
Miliary tuberculosis
Milton's disease
Multiple sclerosis exacerbation
Nodose rheumatism
Non-Hodgkin's type lymphoma
Ophthalmic inflammation
Organ transplant rejection reaction
Periodic urticaria
PIE syndrome
Post infectious thrombocytopenia
Post traumatic OA
Post-traumatic osteoarthritis
Posttraumatic osteoarthritis
Primary adrenal deficiency
Primary adrenal insufficiency
Primary corticoadrenal insufficiency
Primary failure adrenocortical insufficiency
Psoriasis arthropica
Psoriatic arthropathy
Purpura hemorrhagica
Quincke's disease
Quincke's edema
Regional enteritis
Regional ileocolitis
Rheumatic arthritis
Rheumatic gout
Rheumatoid spondylitis
Rhizomelic spondylitis
Rhizomelic spondylosis
Schaumann's syndrome
Secondary thrombocytopenia
Serum sickness-like reaction
Simple pulmonary eosinophilia
Spondylosis deformans
Strumpell-Marie disease
Suprarenal failure
Synovitis due to OA
Synovitis with osteoarthritis
Tendinitis
Tendinous synovitis
Tendosynovitis
Tendovaginitis
Tenontolemmitis
Tenontothecitis
Tenovaginitis
Transplant rejection
Trichinella spiralis infection
Trichinellosis
Trichiniasis
Urticaria tuberosa
Werlhof's disease