Prednisolone, Soluble 5mg Tablet POM x30

Small, pink, soluble tablets engraved 'Pred 5 Sov' on one side and scored on the reverse.

Each tablet contains 5mg prednisolone as the sodium phosphate ester

Therapeutic indications
• Allergy and anaphylaxis: bronchial asthma, drug hypersensitivity reactions, serum sickness, angioneurotic oedema, anaphylaxis.
• Arteritis/collagenosis: giant cell arteritis/polymyalgia rheumatica, mixed connective tissue disease, polyarteritis nodosa, polymyositis.
• Blood disorders: haemolytic anaemia (auto-immune), leukaemia (acute and chronic lymphocytic), lymphoma, multiple myeloma, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.
• Cardiovascular disorders: post-myocardial infarction syndrome, rheumatic fever with severe carditis.
• Endocrine disorders: primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency, congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
• Gastro-intestinal disorders: Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, persistent coeliac syndrome (coeliac disease unresponsive to gluten withdrawal), auto-immune chronic active hepatitis, multisystem disease affecting liver, biliary peritonitis.
• Hypercalcaemia: sarcoidosis, vitamin D excess.
• Infections (with appropriate chemotherapy): helminthic infestations, Herxheimer reaction, infectious mononucleosis, miliary tuberculosis, mumps orchitis (adult), tuberculous meningitis, rickettsial disease.
• Muscular disorders: polymyositis, dermatomyositis.
• Neurological disorders: infantile spasms, Shy-Drager syndrome, sub-acute demyelinating polyneuropathy.
• Ocular disease: scleritis, posterior uveitis, retinal vasculitis, pseudo-tumours of the orbit, giant cell arteritis, malignant ophthalmic Grave's disease.
• Renal disorders: lupus nephritis, acute interstitial nephritis, minimal change glomerulonephritis.
• Respiratory disease: allergic pneumonitis, asthma, occupational asthma, pulmonary aspergillosis, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary alveolitis, aspiration of foreign body, aspiration of stomach contents, pulmonary sarcoid, drug induced lung disease, adult respiratory distress syndrome, spasmodic croup.
• Rheumatic disorders: rheumatoid arthritis, polymyalgia rheumatica, juvenile chronic arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis, mixed connective tissue disease.
• Skin disorders: pemphigus vulgaris, bullous pemphigoid, systemic lupus erythematosus, pyoderma gangrenosum.
• Miscellaneous: sarcoidosis, hyperpyrexia, Behçets disease, immunosuppression in organ transplantation.


Nature and contents of container
• Pack of 30 tablets

Special precautions for storage
• Do not store above 25°C

Shelf life
• 3 years

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