Drug Interactions between prednisolone and Primethasone
This report displays the potential drug interactions for the following 2 drugs:
- prednisolone
- Primethasone (dexamethasone)
Interactions between your drugs
No interactions were found between prednisolone and Primethasone. However, this does not necessarily mean no interactions exist. Always consult your healthcare provider.
prednisolone
A total of 627 drugs are known to interact with prednisolone.
- Prednisolone is in the drug class glucocorticoids.
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Prednisolone is used to treat the following conditions:
- Allergies
- Asthma, acute
- Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
- Bullous Pemphigoid
- Crohn's Disease, Active
- Dermatitis
- Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease (off-label)
- Immunosuppression
- Infantile Spasms
- Inflammatory Conditions
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Optic Neuritis
- Pemphigoid
- Pemphigus
- Psoriasis
- Ulcerative Colitis, Active
Primethasone
A total of 820 drugs are known to interact with Primethasone.
- Primethasone is in the drug class glucocorticoids.
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Primethasone is used to treat the following conditions:
- Addison's Disease
- Adrenal Insufficiency
- Adrenocortical Insufficiency
- Allergic Rhinitis
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Aspiration Pneumonia
- Asthma
- Asthma, acute
- Atopic Dermatitis
- Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
- Bursitis
- Cerebral Edema
- Chorioretinitis
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
- Croup
- Cushing's Syndrome
- Dermatitis Herpetiformis
- Eczema
- Epicondylitis, Tennis Elbow
- Erythroblastopenia
- Evan's Syndrome
- Gouty Arthritis
- Hemolytic Anemia
- Hypercalcemia of Malignancy
- Immune Thrombocytopenia
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Inflammatory Conditions
- Iridocyclitis
- Iritis
- Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Keratitis
- Leukemia
- Loeffler's Syndrome
- Lupus
- Lymphoma
- Meningitis, Haemophilus influenzae
- Meningitis, Listeriosis
- Meningitis, Meningococcal
- Meningitis, Pneumococcal
- Mountain Sickness / Altitude Sickness
- Multiple Myeloma
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Mycosis Fungoides
- Nausea/Vomiting, Chemotherapy Induced
- Neurosarcoidosis
- Psoriatic Arthritis
- Pulmonary Tuberculosis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sarcoidosis
- Seborrheic Dermatitis
- Shock
- Synovitis
- Thrombocytopenia
- Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
- Tuberculous Meningitis
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Uveitis, Posterior
Drug and food interactions
No alcohol/food interactions were found. However, this does not necessarily mean no interactions exist. Always consult your healthcare provider.
Therapeutic duplication warnings
Therapeutic duplication is the use of more than one medicine from the same drug category or therapeutic class to treat the same condition. This can be intentional in cases where drugs with similar actions are used together for demonstrated therapeutic benefit. It can also be unintentional in cases where a patient has been treated by more than one doctor, or had prescriptions filled at more than one pharmacy, and can have potentially adverse consequences.
Cortisones
Therapeutic duplication
The recommended maximum number of medicines in the 'cortisones' category to be taken concurrently is usually one. Your list includes two medicines belonging to the 'cortisones' category:
- prednisolone
- Primethasone (dexamethasone)
Note: In certain circumstances, the benefits of taking this combination of drugs may outweigh any risks. Always consult your healthcare provider before making changes to your medications or dosage.
See also
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Drug Interaction Classification
| Highly clinically significant. Avoid combinations; the risk of the interaction outweighs the benefit. | |
| Moderately clinically significant. Usually avoid combinations; use it only under special circumstances. | |
| Minimally clinically significant. Minimize risk; assess risk and consider an alternative drug, take steps to circumvent the interaction risk and/or institute a monitoring plan. | |
| No interaction information available. |
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