Methylprednisolone 16 mg tablet

What is Methylprednisolone used for?

ENDOCRINE DISORDERS: Primary or secondary adrenocortical insufficiency (hydrocortisone or cortisone is the first choice; synthetic analogs may be used in conjunction with mineralocorticoids where applicable; in infancy mineralocorticoid supplementation is of particular importance); Congenital adrenal hyperplasia; Non-suppurative thyroiditis; Hypercalcemia associated with cancer. NON-ENDOCRINE DISORDERS: 1. Rheumatic Disorders: As adjunctive therapy for short-term administration (to tide the patient over an acute episode or exacerbation) in: Psoriatic arthritis; Acute gouty arthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Including juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (selected cases may require low-dose maintenance therapy); Post-traumatic osteoarthritis; Ankylosing spondylitis; Synovitis of osteoarthritis; Acute and subacute bursitis; Epicondylitis; Acute non-specific tenosynovitis 2. Collagen Diseases: During an exacerbation or as maintenance therapy in selected cases of: Systemic lupus erythematosus; Systemic dermatomyositis (polymyositis); Acute rheumatic carditis 3. Dermatologic Diseases: Pemphigus; Mycosis fungoides; Bullous dermatitis herpetiformis; Severe psoriasis; Severe erythema multiforme (Stevens-Johnson syndrome); Severe seborrheic dermatitis; Exfoliative dermatitis 4. Allergic States: Control of severe or incapacitating allergic conditions intractable to adequate trials of conventional treatment: Seasonal or perennial allergic rhinitis; Drug hypersensitivity reactions; Serum sickness; Contact dermatitis; Bronchial asthma; Atopic dermatitis; Angioneurotic edema; Urticaria 5. Ophthalmic Diseases: Severe acute and chronic allergic and inflammatory processes involving the eye and its adenexa such as: Allergic corneal marginal ulcers; Allergic conjunctivitis; Herpes zoster ophthalmicus; Keratitis; Anterior segment inflammation; Chorioretinitis; Diffuse posterior uveitis and Choroiditis; Optic neuritis; Sympathetic ophthalmia; Iritis and Iridocyclitis; Symptomatic sarcoidosis; fulminating or disseminated pulmonary tuberculosis when used concurrently with appropriate antituberculous chemotherapy; Leoffler's syndrome not manageable by other means; Aspiration pneumonitis; Berylliosis 7. Hematologic Disorders: Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in adults; Erythroblastopenia (RBC anemia); Secondary thrombocytopenia in adults; Congenital (erythroid) hypoplastic anemia; Acquired (autoimmune) hemolytic anemia 8. Neoplastic Diseases: For palliative management of: Leukemias and Lymphomas in adults; Acute leukemia of childhood. 9. Edematous States: to induce a diuresis or remission of proteinuria in the nephrotic syndrome, without uremia, or the idiopathic type or that due to lupus erythematosus. 10. Gastrointestinal Diseases: To tide the patient over a critical period of the disease in: Ulcerative colitis; Regional enteritis. 11. Nervous System: Acute exacerbation of multiple sclerosis; Management of Edema associated with brain tumor. 12. Organ Transplantation 13. Miscellaneous: Tuberculous meningitis with subarachnoid block or impending block when used concurrently with appropriate antituberculous chemotherapy; Trichinosis with neurologic or myocardial involvement.

From the medicine catalogue, not written by us. It describes the molecule in general, not your situation — what you were prescribed it for is on your prescription.

What it costs

MRP is subject to change. These prices come from a dated snapshot — always check the price printed on the pack.

No single branded MRP is shown because this page covers the composition rather than one brand — branded prices vary by manufacturer and pack.

How much of it to take

This catalogue does not carry dosing information. How much to take, and how often, depends on you — your age, weight, kidney function and the other medicines you are on — so it comes from your prescription or your doctor, not from here.

Before you switch to a cheaper version

These products have the same composition, strength and dose form. Prices vary by brand and pharmacy — confirm cost and suitability with your doctor or pharmacist before switching.

Two cautions worth carrying into that conversation. A modified-release product (marked SR, XR, CR or ER) is not interchangeable with a plain one of the same strength. And for a small group of medicines with a narrow safe range — warfarin, thyroxine, phenytoin, lithium, some immunosuppressants — staying on one brand is the safer default, and any change should be monitored.

Other products with the same composition (78 in the catalogue)

Listed alphabetically, with products sold under the molecule name first — those are typically the cheapest on the shelf.

Showing 20 of 40 matched products.

Where to buy the generic

Jan Aushadhi Kendras are government-run stores selling the same molecules under their generic names. There are several thousand across India; the prices above are the PMBI list price. Any pharmacy can also dispense a generic if you ask for the composition rather than the brand.