Prednisone (Sterapred)

General information

Class/mechanism: Corticosteroid, glucocorticoid.
Route: PO
Extravasation: n/a

• Steroid conversions

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Diseases for which it is used

• Adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma
• Anaplastic large cell lymphoma
• Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP)
• B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
• Burkitt lymphoma
• Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL/SLL)
• Acquired coagulopathy
• Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
• Erdheim-Chester disease
• Follicular lymphoma
• HIV-associated lymphoma
• Hodgkin lymphoma, nodular lymphocyte-predominant
• Hodgkin lymphoma
• Langerhans cell histiocytosis
• 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
• Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder
• Primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma
• Prostate cancer
• T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
• Thymoma
• Transformed lymphoma
• Waldenström macroglobulinemia

Patient drug information

• Prednisone (Sterapred) patient drug information (Chemocare)
• Prednisone (Sterapred) patient drug information (UpToDate)

Also known as

Synonyms
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
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