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Prednisolone
Essential medicine status
General description
Prednisolone is a synthetic glucocorticoid used in the treatment of various conditions where corticosteroids are indicated.
INN
Prednisolone
ATC codes
H02AB06 S01BA04 A07EA01
Medicine type
Chemical agent
EML status history
Added in 1989 (TRS 796) for Scleritis
Added in 1989 (TRS 796) for Anterior uveitis
Added in 2015 (TRS 994) for Follicular lymphoma
Added in 2015 (TRS 994) for Hodgkin lymphoma
Added in 2019 (TRS 1021) for Plasma cell myeloma
Changed in 2021 (TRS 1035) for Crohn disease site
Added in 2021 (TRS 1035) for Ulcerative colitis
Added in 2021 (TRS 1035) for Crohn disease site
Therapeutic equivalent for
hydrocortisone for Crohn disease, unspecified site
Wikipedia
Prednisolone
DrugBank
Prednisolone
Recommendations
Section
Antiallergics and medicines used in anaphylaxis
  • Oral > Liquid: 5 mg per mL
  • Oral > Solid: 5 mg; 25 mg
Indications
Allergic or hypersensitivity conditions of unspecified type
Section
Hormones and antihormones
  • Oral > Solid: 5 mg; 25 mg
  • Oral > Liquid: 5 mg per mL
Indications
Follicular lymphoma Lymphoid leukaemia, not elsewhere classified Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma Diffuse large B-cell lymphomas Hodgkin lymphoma Unspecified malignant neoplasms of ill-defined or unspecified sites Burkitt lymphoma including Burkitt leukaemia Plasma cell myeloma Malignant neoplasms of prostate Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK-positive Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK-negative Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Section
Ophthalmological preparations > Anti-inflammatory agents
  • Local > Ophthalmological > Solution (eye drops): 0.5% (sodium phosphate)
Indications
Scleritis Anterior uveitis
Section
Anti-inflammatory medicines
  • Local > Rectal > Retention enema: 20 mg per 100 mL (as sodium phosphate)
Indications
Ulcerative colitis Crohn disease site