Depo-Medrone 40mg/ml Suspension for Injection
Depo-Medrone may be used locally or systemically, particularly where oral therapy is not feasible. Depo-Medrone may be used by any of the following routes: intramuscular, intra-articular, periarticular, intrabursal, intralesional or into the tendon sheath. It must not be used by the intrathecal or intravenous routes (see section 4.3 and section 4.8). Intramuscular administration : 1. Rheumatic disorders Rheumatoid arthritis 2. Collagen diseases/arteritis Systemic lupus erythematosus 3. Dermatological diseases Severe erythema multiforme (Stevens-Johnson syndrome) 4. Allergic states Bronchial asthma Drug hypersensitivity reactions Angioneurotic oedema 5. Gastro-intestinal diseases Ulcerative colitis Crohn's disease 6. Respiratory diseases Fulminating or disseminated tuberculosis (with appropriate antituberculous chemotherapy) Aspiration of gastric contents 7. Miscellaneous TB meningitis (with appropriate antituberculous chemotherapy) Intra-articular administration : Rheumatoid arthritis Osteo-arthritis with an inflammatory component Soft tissue administration (intrabursal, periarticular, into tendon sheath) : Synovitis not associated with infection Epicondylitis Tenosynovitis Plantar fasciitis Bursitis Intralesional : Keloids Localized lichen planus Localized lichen simplex Granuloma annulare Discoid lupus erythematosus Alopecia areata