Prednisone (Sterapred)
General information
Class/mechanism: Corticosteroid, glucocorticoid.[1][2]
Route: PO
Extravasation: n/a
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Diseases for which it is used
- Acute lymphocytic leukemia
- Acute promyelocytic leukemia
- Anaplastic large cell lymphoma
- Autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)
- Burkitt lymphoma
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and Small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL)
- Coagulopathies
- Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
- Erdheim-Chester disease
- Follicular lymphoma
- HIV-associated lymphoma
- Hodgkin lymphoma, nodular lymphocyte-predominant
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- Large granular lymphocytic leukemia
- Mantle cell lymphoma
- Marginal zone lymphoma
- Mast cell diseases
- Mediastinal gray-zone lymphoma
- Multiple myeloma
- Myelodysplastic syndrome
- Myelofibrosis
- Peripheral T-cell lymphoma
- Primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma
- Prostate cancer
- Thymoma
- Transformed lymphoma
- Transplant conditioning regimens
- Waldenström macroglobulinemia
Patient drug information
- Prednisone (Sterapred) patient drug information (Chemocare)[3]
- Prednisone (Sterapred) patient drug information (UpToDate)[4]
Also known as
Synonyms | |||||||
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APO-Prednisone | APO-Prenisona | APO Prednison | Artinizona | Artrizona | BE-Tabs Prednisone | Becortem | Bersen |
Colisone | Cortancyl | Corticorten | Cortigen | Cortiol | Cortiprex | Cutason | Dacortin |
Decortancyl | Decortin | Decortisyl | Dehydrocortison | Delcortin | Dellacorta | Delta-Cortisone | Delta Cortelan |
Deltacortene | Deltacortone | Deltason | Deltasone | Deltisona | DI Adreson | Dispersona | DLI-Prednisone |
Drazone | Econosone | Ednaprom | Encorton | Erlanison | Flamacorten | Hostacortin | Ifison |
Isolone | Liquid Pred | Liquid Prednisone | Lisacort | ME Korti | Meticorten | Nisocortec | Nisona |
Nisone | Nizon | Nosipren | Novoprednisone | Orasone | Panafcort | Panasol-S | Pehacort |
Pharmapred | Precortil | Predcort | Predeltin | Predicor | Predicorten | Predinis | Preditec |
Prednax | Prednicap | Prednicen-M | Prednilonga-Retard | Predniment | Prednison | Prednison-GF | Prednisona |
Prednisona Alonga | Prednisona GI Brul | Prednison Alpharma | Prednison Amino | Prednisone Acetate | Prednisone Arrow | Prednisone Biogaran | Prednisone COX |
Prednisone EG | Prednisone G GAM | Prednisone GXI | Prednisone Labatec | Prednisone Organon | Prednison Frederiksberg | Prednison Galen | Prednison Galepharm |
Prednison Hexal | Prednison Leciva | Prednison Nurison | Prednison Ratiopharm | Prednison Sandoz | Prednison Streuli | Prednisonum | Prednitone |
Predson | Predsone | Predval | Procion | Prolix | Pronison | Pulmison | Rectodelt |
Senterlic | SK-Prednisone | Sone | Steerometz | Sterapred | Sterapred DS | Trolic | Ultracorten |
Vitazon | Winpred |
References
Categories:
- Drug index
- Steroids
- Acute lymphocytic leukemia medications
- Acute promyelocytic leukemia medications
- Anaplastic large cell lymphoma medications
- Burkitt lymphoma medications
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and Small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) medications
- Coagulopathy medications
- Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma medications
- Histiocytoses medications
- Follicular lymphoma medications
- HIV-associated lymphoma medications
- Hodgkin lymphoma medications
- Hodgkin lymphoma, nodular lymphocyte-predominant medications
- Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) medications
- Large granular lymphocytic leukemia medications
- Mantle cell lymphoma medications
- Marginal zone lymphoma medications
- Mast cell diseases medications
- Mediastinal gray-zone lymphoma medications
- Multiple myeloma medications
- Myelodysplastic syndrome medications
- Myelofibrosis medications
- Peripheral T-cell lymphoma medications
- Primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma medications
- Prostate cancer medications
- Thymoma medications
- Transformed lymphoma medications
- Transplant medications
- Waldenström macroglobulinemia medications
- Drugs FDA approved in 1955
- WHO Essential Cancer Medicine