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ইঙ্গিত ও ব্যবহার
Kidpred Oral Solution এর জন্য নির্দেশিত:
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শুধুমাত্র নির্দেশিকা তথ্য
প্রদর্শিত ডোজগুলি সরকারি উৎসের সাধারণ নির্দেশিকা। ব্যক্তিগতকৃত ডোজের জন্য সর্বদা আপনার ডাক্তার বা ফার্মাসিস্টের পরামর্শ নিন।
Adults:
Adult Nephrotic Syndrome: Initial dose is 2 mg/kg/day (maximum 80 mg/day) in divided doses 3 to 4 times per day until the urine is protein free for 3 consecutive days (maximum 28 days), followed by 1 to 1.5 mg/kg/dose given every other day for 4 weeks. Maintenance dose: 0.5 to 1 mg/kg/dose given every other day for 3 to 6 months. Anti-inflammatory: 5 to 60 mg per day in divided doses 1 to 4 times per day. Acute Asthma: 40 to 60 mg/day PO as a single daily dose or divided every 12 hours for 3 to 10 days. Allergic Conditions: Day 1: 10 mg PO before breakfast, 5 mg after lunch and after dinner, and 10 mg at bedtime. Day 2: 5 mg PO before breakfast, after lunch, and after dinner, and 10 mg at bedtime. Day 3: 5 mg PO before breakfast, after lunch, after dinner, and at bedtime. Day 4: 5 mg PO before breakfast, after lunch, and at bedtime. Day 5: 5 mg PO before breakfast and at bedtime. Day 6: 5 mg PO before breakfast. Pediatric Asthma: Under 1 year: Acute: 10 mg orally every 12 hours. Maintenance: 10 mg orally every other day. 1 to 4 years: Acute: 20 mg orally every 12 hours. Maintenance: 20 mg orally every other day. 5 to 12 years: Acute: 30 mg orally every 12 hours. Maintenance: 30 mg orally every other day. Over 12 years: Acute: 40 mg orally every 12 hours. Maintenance: 40 mg orally every other day. Anti-inflammatory: 0.05 to 2 mg/kg/day divided into 1 to 4 doses per day. Immunosuppression: 0.05 to 2 mg/kg/day divided into 1 to 4 doses per day.
পার্শ্বপ্রতিক্রিয়া
Fluid and Electrolyte Disturbances: the medicine can cause the body to retain sodium and fluid, which may lead to congestive heart failure in patients who are prone to it; it can also cause potassium loss, hypokalemic alkalosis, and hypertension. Musculoskeletal: it may cause muscle weakness, steroid myopathy, and loss of muscle mass, as well as osteoporosis, vertebral compression fractures, aseptic necrosis of the femoral and humeral heads, and pathologic fractures of long bones. Gastrointestinal: it can cause peptic ulcer with a possible risk of perforation and bleeding, pancreatitis, abdominal distension, and ulcerative esophagitis. Dermatologic: it may impair wound healing and cause thin, fragile skin, petechiae and bruising (ecchymoses), facial redness, and increased sweating, and it may suppress reactions to skin tests. Neurological: it can cause convulsions and, usually after treatment has stopped, increased pressure inside the skull with swelling of the optic disc (cerebral pseudo-tumor), along with vertigo and headache. Endocrine: it may cause menstrual irregularities, a Cushingoid appearance, and suppressed growth in children, as well as secondary unresponsiveness of the adrenal cortex and pituitary gland, particularly during periods of stress such as trauma, surgery, or illness; it can also reduce carbohydrate tolerance, bring out latent diabetes mellitus, and increase the insulin or oral hypoglycemic dose needed by diabetic patients. Ophthalmic: it may cause posterior subcapsular cataracts, raised pressure within the eye, glaucoma, and bulging of the eyes (exophthalmos). Metabolic: it can cause a negative nitrogen balance due to the breakdown of protein.
সতর্কতা ও নিষেধাজ্ঞা
Warnings & Precautions
Patients who are on immunosuppressant doses of corticosteroids should be warned to avoid exposure to chickenpox or measles. Patients should also be advised that if they are exposed, medical advice should be sought without delay.ln patients on corticosteroid therapy subjected to unusual stress, increased dosage of rapidly acting corticosteroids before, during and after the stressful situation is indicated. Corticosteroids may mask some signs of infection, and new infections may appear during their use. There may be decreased resistance and inability to localize infection when corticosteroids are used. Prolonged use of corticosteroids may produce posterior subcapsular cataracts, glaucoma with possible damage to the optic nerves, and may enhance the establishment of secondary ocular infections due to fungi or viruses.Average and large doses of hydrocortisone or cortisone can cause elevation of blood pressure, salt and water retention, and increased excretion of potassium.While on corticosteroid therapy, patient should not be vaccinated against smallpox. Other immunization procedures should not be undertaken in patients who are on corticosteroids, specially on high dose, because of possible hazards of neurological complications and a lack antibody response.Children who are on drugs, which suppress the immune system, are more susceptible to infections than healthy children.Chickenpox and measles, for example, can have more serious or even fatal course in non-immune children or adults on corticosteroids.
নিষেধাজ্ঞা
Contraindicated in systemic infections not covered by specific anti-infective therapy, known hypersensitivity to any ingredient, and ocular herpes simplex due to the risk of perforation.