Medication "Metipred" refers to the category of funds with glucocorticosteroid activity. The active substance is methylprednisolone. The drug has an immunosuppressive, anti-inflammatory effect, exhibits anti-allergic effect. Mezpred "(reviews of experts indicate this) reduces the yield of lysosome enzymes due to the stabilization of membranes of the latter. The medication slows down the synthesis of hyaluronidase, inhibits the formation of inflammatory exudates, reduces capillary permeability, enhances microcirculation. The medicine has a pronounced effect on metabolic processes. In particular, protein decomposition and synthesis increase in muscle tissue, hyperglycemia develops and fat redistribution occurs, the level of glycogen increases in the muscles and liver, and mineralization in the bone tissue is prevented. At oral reception fast and practically full absorption is noted. The drug is able to pass the placenta and GEB, to penetrate into the milk. Excretion in the form of decay products is carried out by urine.
Medication "Metipred". Application
The medication is recommended for adrenocortical insufficiency of secondary or primary type, Addison's disease, thyroiditis non-nasal, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, hypercalcemia caused by cancer processes. The readings include the state of burn, anaphylactic, cardiogenic, traumatic shock, severe trauma, edema in the brain. The drug "Metipred" (reviews of doctors confirm this information) is recommended as an additional tool for exacerbation or acute course of rheumatic pathologies. In particular, the drug is prescribed for rheumatoid, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, bursitis (subacute or acute), tendosynovitis (acute nonspecific), posttraumatic osteoarthritis, epicondylitis. The indications include systemic lupus, skin pathologies, serum sickness, rhinitis (year-round or seasonal), herpetiform dermatitis bullous type. The drug "Metipred" (doctors' reviews also indicate this) is effective for ophthalmic pathologies, optic neuritis, pathologies in the respiratory system, pulmonary tuberculosis, aspiration pneumonia. Indications are also lesions in the digestive system. In particular, the medication is prescribed for Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, hepatitis, local enteritis. Prescribe the drug "Metipred" when planning or during pregnancy. In this case, the dosage of the medicine should be carefully selected by a specialist. Recommended remedy for diseases of the nervous system. Assign a medicine for multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, vomiting or nausea on the soil receiving cytostatics.
Contraindications
Do not recommend the drug "Metipred" (reviews of doctors warn about this) for viral, bacterial pathologies of acute or chronic course without chemotherapeutic protection. Contraindications include AIDS, hypersensitivity, intestinal anastomosis, hypertension, congestive heart failure, gastritis, hepatic impairment, poliomyelitis. Do not prescribe a medication for premature babies feeding the patients.