Therapeutic Indications

• The Product is recommended for use to treat the following:
• Boosting your body with extra corticosteroid such as methylprednisolone can help following surgery (e.g. organ transplants), injuries or other stressful conditions.
• These include inflammatory or allergic conditions affecting the:
• Brain (e.g. tuberculous meningitis)
• Muscle (e.g. dermatomyositis and polymyositis)
• Lungs (e.g. asthma, tuberculosis)
• Blood or blood vessels (e.g. leukaemia or arteritis, inflammation of the arteries)
• Joints (e.g. rheumatic fever)

Usage Directions

• Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your Doctor. Swallow it as a whole with water; do not crush, break or chew it.

Precautions & Warnings

• Please consult your doctor before consuming this medicine, in case of:
• Are allergic to METHYLPREDNISOLONE or any other ingredients of this medicine
• Have kidney or liver disease
• Have any serious fungal infection to your lungs or oesophagus or any other infection which is not being treated with an antibiotic or antiviral medicine
• Have peritonitis (inflammation of the thin lining (peritoneum) around the gut and stomach)
• Have recently had or are about to have any vaccination
• Have pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas which causes severe pain in the abdomen and back)
• Get a rash or another symptom of an infection
• Have hypothyroidism (an under-active thyroid)
• Have chickenpox, measles or shingles
• Have heart problems, including heart failure, hypertension
• Have worm infestation (e.g. threadworm)
• Are recently suffered a heart attack
• Have severe depression or manic depression (bipolar disorder
• Have viral (e.g. herpes) or fungal eye infection
• Have diabetes (or if there is a family history of diabetes)
• Have glaucoma (increased pressure in the eye) or if there is a family history of glaucoma, or if you have cataracts
• Have fits or seizures

Indicated Side Effects

• Acne, poor wound healing, thinning of skin
• Stomach pain, bleeding from the back passage, black or bloodstained stools, vomiting blood
• Feeling, seeing or hearing things which do not exist. having strange and frightening thoughts, changing how you act or having feelings of being alone
• High blood pressure, symptoms of which are headaches, or generally feeling unwell
• Feeling anxious, having problems sleeping, difficulty in thinking or being confused and losing your memory
• Swelling and high blood pressure, caused by increased levels of water and salt content
• Feeling high (mania) or moods that go up and down
• Cramps and spasms, due to the loss of potassium from your body. in rare cases this can lead to congestive heart failure
• Feeling depressed, including thinking about suicide
• Damage to the optic nerve or cataracts (indicated by failing eyesight)
• Muscle weakness or wasting
• Slowing of normal growth in infants, children and adolescents which may be permanent
• Round or moon-shaped face (Cushingoid facies)

Interactions

• Please inform your doctor if you have recently consumed or are consuming any of the below mention medicine:
• Acetazolamide - used to treat glaucoma and epilepsy
• Anticholinesterases - used to treat myasthenia gravis (a muscle condition) such as distigmine and neostigmine
• Antibacterials (such as isoniazid, erythromycin, clarithromycin and troleandomycin)
• Antivirals (such as ritonavir, indinavir) and pharmacokinetic enhancers (such as cobicistat) used to treat HIV infections
• Aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medicines (also called NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen used to treat mild to moderate pain
• Carbenoxolone and cimetidine - used for heartburn and acid indigestion
• Digoxin - used for heart failure and/or an irregular heartbeat
• Ciclosporin - used to treat conditions such as severe rheumatoid arthritis, severe psoriasis,organ or bone marrow transplant

Storage Condition

• Store in a cool and dry place away from sunlight or as mentioned on Product/Label.

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