Methylprednisolone Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Methylprednisolone Infusion, Solu-Medrol Infusion, Solu-Medrol
What is Methylprednisolone?
Methylprednisolone is a synthetic corticosteroid drug used primarily as an anti-inflammatory or immunosuppressant agent for diseases of hematologic, allergic, inflammatory, neoplastic, and autoimmune origin; also for graft-versus-host disease.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Slow my Devic's progress | 18 |
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2 | |||
| Optic neuritis (inflammation, optic nerve) | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 3 |
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3 | |||
| Help with symptoms | 2 |
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2 | |||
| relapse | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Course of treatment ended
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10 | 71% |
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Doctor's advice
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3 | 21% |
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Did not seem to work
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1 | 7% |
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See all 14 patients who’ve stopped taking Methylprednisolone
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Report created on November 23, 2009.