Indications

• Used in pharmacological doses in a wide range of conditions for their anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant effects
  • Asthma
  • Allergic rhinitis
  • Urticaria
  • Eczema
  • COPD
  • Lupus
  • Join inflammation
  • IBD
  • MS
• Used in physiological doses as replacement therapy in adrenal insufficiency (addisons)

Contraindications

• Current wounds
• History of recurrent infection
• Peptic ulcer disease
• Latenet TB
• Diabetes
• HTN
• Psych disorders
• Glaucoma
• Osteoporosis
• Phaeochromocytoma
• Myasthenia gravis
• Children (retard growth)

Side Effects