Deflaza 24 mg (Tablet)

Unit Price: ৳ 30.00 (2 x 10: ৳ 600.00)

Strip Price: ৳ 300.00

Medicine Details

Category	Details
Generic	Deflazacort
Company	Unimed unihealth pharmaceuticals ltd
Also available as	Deflaza 6 mg tablet Deflaza 30 mg tablet Deflaza 6 mg suspension

Adult dosage up to 120 mg/day for acute disorders
Maintenance doses in most conditions within the range of 3-18 mg/day
Smallest effective dose should be used for rheumatoid arthritis
High doses of 48-72 mg/day for bronchial asthma acute attack
Children dosage usually lies in the range 0.25-1.5 mg/kg/day
Alternate day administration may be appropriate
Guidance for juvenile chronic arthritis, nephrotic syndrome, and bronchial asthma doses

Metabolized in the liver
Recommendation to increase maintenance dose if liver enzyme inducers are co-administered
Possibility to reduce maintenance dose for drugs which inhibit liver enzymes

Crosses the placenta
Potential risk of intrauterine growth retardation with prolonged or repeated use during pregnancy
Excretion in breast milk
Unlikely systemic effects in the infant with doses up to 50 mg daily

Special caution for cardiac disease or congestive heart failure
Necessity for patient monitoring in various clinical conditions
Potential salt and water retention
Increased excretion of potassium
Dietary salt restriction and potassium supplementation may be necessary
Caution in gastritis, oesophagitis, diverticulitis, ulcerative colitis
Special caution in diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis, myasthenia gravis, renal insufficiency
Caution in emotional instability, psychotic tendency, epilepsy
Previous corticosteroid-induced myopathy
Attention in liver failure, hypothyroidism, and cirrhosis
Special caution for ocular herpes simplex