Drug Action
Hydrocortisone has equal glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid activity.
PDF page 1238
Loading InternPractice…
Drug reference
Hydrocortisone has equal glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid activity.
PDF page 1238
HYDROCORTISTAB ® Local inflammation of joints and soft-tissues ▶BY INTRA-ARTICULAR INJECTION ▶Adult: 5–50 mg, select dose according to size of patient and joint; where appropriate dose may be repeated at intervals of 21 days. Not more than 3 joints should be treated on any one day, for details consult product literature
PDF pages 1238, 1239
→Appendix 1: corticosteroids
PDF page 1239
Myocardial rupture (following recent myocardial infarction)
PDF page 1239
There can be variation in the licensing of different medicines containing the same drug. Suspension for injection ▶Hydrocortistab (Advanz Pharma) Hydrocortisone acetate 25 mg per 1 ml Hydrocortistab 25mg/1ml suspension for injection ampoules | 10 ampoule P £68.72 DT = £68.72 eiiii F 709
PDF page 1239
5–50 mg, select dose according to size of patient
First-line fragment. Read the complete Indications and Dose section above.
PDF page 1238