Brand: GSK

Betnesol Tablets 0.5Mg (1 Strip = 10 Tablets)

Corticosteroids have multiple actions which produce antiinflammatory effects and result in their widespread use for...

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SKU: BETNESOL_TABLETS_10X10S_NV

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Corticosteroids have multiple actions which produce antiinflammatory effects and result in their widespread use for treating diseases such as asthma. Historically, glucocorticoids were thought to decrease inflammation by stabilizing the lysosomes in neutrophils which prevented degranulation and the resulting inflammatory response .

Purpose

Pain & Inflammation

Ingredients

Betamethasone

Warnings

Administration of corticosteroids may impair the ability to resist and counteract infection e.g. where there is a previous history of tuberculosis; in addition, clinical signs and symptoms of infection are suppressed.
Corticosteroid treatment is likely to reduce the response of the pituitary-adrenal axis to stress, and relative insufficiency may persist for up to a year after withdrawal of prolonged therapy.
Treatment of elderly patients, particularly if long term, is advised to be planned bearing in mind the more serious consequences of the common side effects of corticosteroids in old age, especially osteoporosis, diabetes, hypertension, susceptibility to infection and thinning of the skin.

Side Effects

Prolonged treatment with corticosteroids in high dosage is occasionally associated with subcapsular cataract, skin thinning, osteoporosis, and glaucoma. In addition, any of the features of hypercortisolism, such as suppression of the HPA axis, may occur. Aseptic osteonecrosis, particularly of the femoral head, may occur after prolonged corticosteroid therapy or after repeated short courses involving high dosage.