What kind of medication is Dexamethasone?

Demi refers to dexamethasone. Dexamethasone is a relatively common hormone drug that has anti-inflammatory, anti-toxic, and anti-allergic effects. It can be used for systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, increased blood sugar, decreased immunity, and other conditions. Dexamethasone is a prescription drug and needs to be taken under the guidance of a doctor. Patients cannot take it without a doctor's advice.

What kind of drug is Demi? Dexamethasone, like other glucocorticoids, has pharmacological effects such as anti-inflammatory, anti-endotoxin, immunosuppression, anti-shock, and enhancement of stress response. Therefore, it is widely used in the treatment of various diseases in various departments, such as autoimmune diseases, allergies, inflammation, asthma, dermatological, and ophthalmic diseases. Dexamethasone sodium phosphate injection is an indispensable emergency drug for rescuing critically ill patients. In recent decades, clinicians have used dexamethasone sodium phosphate to treat and prevent drug allergies caused by various Chinese and Western medicines and to treat fever caused by viral colds, leading to a gradual increase in the clinical use of dexamethasone. China has become the world's largest dexamethasone market.

Indications of Demi:

1. It can stimulate adenylate cyclase, inhibit phosphodiesterase, increase cAMP levels, thereby enhancing the sensitivity of bronchial β-receptors to adrenergic drugs and theophylline, indirectly exerting a bronchodilator effect. It also alleviates bronchial spasms, reduces bronchial congestion and edema, and decreases mucus secretion by exerting anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic effects.

2. It is used to treat allergic diseases, such as allergic dermatitis, drug-induced dermatitis (drug rash), serum sickness, rhinitis, drug reactions, urticaria, allergic purpura, etc.

3. Shock: It can be used as adjunctive therapy for septic shock, anaphylactic shock, and cardiogenic shock caused by acute myocardial infarction or myocardial conduction block.

4. Toxic diseases: It can relieve toxic symptoms caused by bacterial and viral infections and has a good antipyretic effect.

5. Ulcerative colitis: When used with Xi Lei San for retention enemas, it can alleviate symptoms.

6. Assist in the diagnosis of hypercortisolism: Performing the dexamethasone suppression test can help diagnose this disease.