Methods: Bleomycin (1.5 mg/kg) was instilled intratracheally into rats to induce pulmonary fibrosis. The effect of a 3-day course of dexamethasone (0.5 mg/kg) initiated 3 days after bleomycin induced ...

WebMD Update: Dexamethasone, a steroid sometimes used for asthma, cancer, and rheumatoid arthritis, could reduce deaths in hospitalized coronavirus patients with severe complications by about a ...

He was taking a total of 0.75 mg of dexamethasone daily—0.5 mg in the morning and 0.25 mg at night. He clinically appeared cushingoid with abdominal striae, centripetal obesity and hypertension. A CT ...

For example, two products were listed for oral dexamethasone solution, including a 0.5-mg/5-mL solution used in neonates and a concentrated 0.5-mg/0.5-mL solution for adults. The concentrated ...

For the LDDST, a diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome is excluded if patients' serum cortisol levels are suppressed to ≤50 nmol/l, after the administration of 0.5 mg dexamethasone at 6 h intervals ...