Dexamethasone Oral Solution is used for the treatment of various inflammatory and autoimmune diseases e.g.:

• Rheumatism, as pain, stiffness or limitation of motion, especially in the joints and related structures, including muscles, bursae, tendons, fibrous tissue;
• Collagen disease, as lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis, polyarteritis nodosa, thrombotic purpura and rheumatoid arthritis;
• Allergies, as status asthmaticus, bronchial asthma, contact dermatitis, inflammatory processes of the eye and its adnexa, severe hypersensitivity reactions to drugs or insect stings, anaphylactic shock, impending allograft rejection;
• Primary or secondary adrenocortical insufficiency, and adrenogenital syndromes.
• Besides Dexamethasone is used as an adjunct in the control of cerebral oedema (not in those cases where the oedema is caused by head injury), for treatment of lymphocytic leukaemia, as anti-emetic in antineoplastic regimens and for palliative treatment in terminal stages of neoplastic disease.
• Dexamethasone is indicated in the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in adult and adolescent patients (aged 12 years and older with body weight at least 40 kg) who require supplemental oxygen therapy.

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