Depo-Medrone

Depo-Medrone (Methylprednisolone) 40mg/ml Suspension for Injection 10 x 1ml Vials

Depo-Medrone may be used locally or systemically, particularly where oral therapy is not feasible.

Depo-Medrone may be used by any of the following routes: intramuscular, intra-articular, periarticular, intrabursal, intralesional or into the tendon sheath. It must not be used by the intrathecal or intravenous routes.

Intramuscular administration:

1. Rheumatic disorders
Rheumatoid arthritis

2. Collagen diseases/arteritis
Systemic lupus erythematosus

3. Dermatological diseases
Severe erythema multiforme (Stevens-Johnson syndrome)

4. Allergic states
Bronchial asthma
Drug hypersensitivity reactions
Angioneurotic oedema

5. Gastro-intestinal diseases
Ulcerative colitis
Crohn's disease

6. Respiratory diseases
Fulminating or disseminated tuberculosis (with appropriate antituberculous chemotherapy)
Aspiration of gastric contents

7. Miscellaneous
TB meningitis (with appropriate antituberculous chemotherapy)

Intra-articular administration:

Rheumatoid arthritis
Osteo-arthritis with an inflammatory component

Soft tissue administration (intrabursal, periarticular, into tendon sheath):

Synovitis not associated with infection
Epicondylitis
Tenosynovitis
Plantar fasciitis
Bursitis

Intralesional:

Keloids
Localized lichen planus
Localized lichen simplex
Granuloma annulare
Discoid lupus erythematosus
Alopecia areata

Available on request.

Available on request.