Indications:
Rheumatic fever, rheumatic carditis, chorea minor. Systemic connective tissue diseases (systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, periarteritis nodosa, dermatomyositis). Multiple sclerosis. Acute and chronic inflammatory diseases of the joints (rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile arthritis, ankylosing spondyloarthritis, gouty and psoriatic arthritis, polyarthritis, humeral periarthritis, osteoarthritis (including post-traumatic), Still’s syndrome in adults, bursitis, nonspecific tondylosis) … Bronchial asthma, status asthmaticus. Interstitial lung diseases (acute alveolitis, pulmonary fibrosis, sarcoidosis of II-III degree), lung cancer (in combination with cytostatics), beryllium disease, aspiration pneumonia (in combination with specific therapy), Leffler’s eosinophilic pneumonia, tuberculosis (pulmonary tuberculosis, tuberculous meningitis) – in combination with specific therapy. Primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency (including conditions after removal of the adrenal glands), congenital adrenal hyperplasia, adrenogenital syndrome, subacute thyroiditis. Acute and chronic allergic diseases (drug and food allergies, serum sickness, hay fever, atopic dermatitis, contact dermatitis involving a large body surface, urticaria, allergic rhinitis, Quincke’s edema, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, toxicoderma). Hepatitis. Hypoglycemic conditions. Autoimmune diseases (acute glomerulonephritis). Nephrotic syndrome. Inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, local enteritis). Diseases of the blood and hematopoietic organs (agranulocytosis, panmyelopathy, myeloma, acute lymphocytic and myeloid leukemia, lymphogranulomatosis, thrombocytopenic purpura, secondary thrombocytopenia in adults, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, erythroblastroid anemia), congenital erythroblastic anemia. Autoimmune and other skin diseases (eczema, seborrheic dermatitis, psoriasis, Lyell’s syndrome, bullous herpetiformis dermatitis, pemphigus, exfoliative dermatitis). Postoperative, post-radiation, post-traumatic cerebral edema, with a brain tumor (use after parenteral glucocorticosteroids). Diseases of the eyes, incl. allergic and autoimmune (sympathetic ophthalmia, allergic forms of conjunctivitis, allergic corneal ulcer, non-suppurative keratitis, iridocyclitis, iritis, severe slow anterior and posterior uveitis, choroid, optic neuritis). Prevention of graft rejection reactions. Hypercalcemia associated with cancer. For the prevention and elimination of nausea, vomiting during cytostatic therapy.
