Description
40mg/ml and 80mg/ml ampule
Immediate Pain Reliever…
Use and Efficacy of Intra-articular Corticosteroid Therapy of Arthritis affecting the Knee
Corticosteroid injections have been used successfully in a number of conditions with osteoarthritis the most common and best studied. Surveys have indicated that approximately 90% of orthopedists and 95% of rheumatologists employ such therapies, and American College of Rheumatology (ACR) recommendations for the management of its method rheumotide and osteo of the knee support their use.
Safety of Intra-articular Cortisosteroid Therapy
Intra-articular corticosteroid Injections have demonstrated safety record over many years and are described by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) as safe and effective when administered by an experienced physician.
Intra- Synovial of soft tissue administration
Depo-Pred
(Methylprednisolone Acetate) is indicated as adjunctive therapy for short term administration (to tide the patient over an acute episode or execertation) in
- Synovits of osteoarthiritis
- Epicondylitis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Acute non specific tenosynovitis
- Acute and Sub acute bursits Post Traumatic Osteoorthritis
- Acute gouty arthritis
Rheumatiod and Osteoarthritis
The dose for intra articular administration depends upon the size of the joint and varies with severity of the condition in the individual patient. In chronic cases, injection may be repeated at intervals ranging from one to five or more weeks depending upon the degree of relief obtained from the initial injection.
The doses in the following table are given as a general guidelines. Size of Joint;
Large – Knee Ankles Shoulders – 20-80mg
Medium – Elbow Wrists – 10-40mg
Small – Metacarpophalangeal Interphalangeal Sternoclavicular ‘Acromioclavicular – 4-10 mg
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