Oradexon
Oradexon is a corticosteroid that helps reduce inflammation and treats various inflammatory and immune system diseases.
Form
injektioneste, liuos
Strength
5 mg/ml
Active Ingredient
Dexamethasone sodium phosphate
Manufacturer
Aspen Pharma Trading Limited
How to Use
Dosage
For adults, the usual dose is 0.5-24 mg daily. For children, it's 0.2-0.4 mg/kg daily. For COVID-19, adults and teens (12 years or older and at least 40 kg) take 7.89 mg into a vein once daily for up to 10 days.
Method
A doctor will usually give you this medicine as a shot into a muscle, under your skin, or into a vein.
Important
Your doctor will decide your maximum daily dose. For adults, it's usually up to 24 mg. For COVID-19, treatment lasts up to 10 days.
Possible Side Effects
COMMON
- •Feeling depressed, including thoughts of suicide
- •Feeling very high (mania) or mood swings
- •Feeling anxious, trouble sleeping
- •Difficulty thinking, confusion, memory loss
- •Feeling, seeing, or hearing things that aren't real
- •Strange, frightening thoughts, behavioral changes, feeling alone
- •Skin rash, itching
- •Breathing difficulties, fainting
- •Swelling of face, lips, tongue, and/or throat (angioedema)
- •Stomach ulcers (may burst or bleed), indigestion, diarrhea, feeling sick or vomiting
- •Too much sodium or too little potassium or calcium in blood, fluid retention
- •High blood pressure
- •Thinning of bones (osteoporosis), increased fracture risk, bone disease
- •Slower wound healing, bruising, acne, increased sweating
- •Burning, redness, and swelling at injection site
- •Increased eye pressure (glaucoma), cataracts, eye infections, blurred or lost vision
- •Irregular or missed periods
- •Slow growth in children and teens
- •Facial swelling ('moon face')
- •Effects on diabetes, needing more diabetes medication
- •Body not responding normally to strong stress (accidents, surgery, illness)
- •Increased appetite, weight gain
- •Insomnia
- •Headache, vision problems (including eye pain or swelling)
- •Increased white blood cells in blood
RARE
- •Pancreatitis
- •Thickening of heart muscle in premature babies (usually resolves after treatment)
- •Blood clots
- •Tendon damage at injection site, or general tendon damage
- •Recurring infections that worsen (e.g., chickenpox, yeast infections)
- •Excess body hair growth (especially in women)
- •Worsening seizures or epilepsy
- •Severe, unusual headache with vision problems
- •Worsening of schizophrenia
Important Warnings
- Do not take this medicine if you are allergic to dexamethasone or any of its ingredients.
- Avoid this medicine if you have an infection affecting your whole body or a joint infection, or if your joints are unstable.
- Tell your doctor if you have had allergic reactions to steroid medicines before.
- Get urgent medical help if you get a headache, sweat a lot, have a fast heartbeat, or high blood pressure, as these can be signs of a serious tumor.
- Inform your doctor if you have blood cancer and symptoms like muscle cramps, weakness, confusion, or trouble seeing or breathing.
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- Talk to your doctor if you have kidney or liver problems, high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, bone thinning (osteoporosis), or have experienced muscle weakness from steroids.
- Let your doctor know if you have high eye pressure (glaucoma), a stomach ulcer, epilepsy, migraines, or a parasitic infection.
- Tell your doctor if you have mental health problems, or if this medicine makes them worse (like mood changes, anxiety, or seeing things that aren't there).
- Inform your doctor if you have tuberculosis, slow growth, Cushing's syndrome, a head injury, or have had a stroke.
- Do not get any vaccines without talking to your doctor. Avoid people with chickenpox or measles if you haven't had them before.
- Contact your doctor if your vision becomes blurry or you have other eye problems.
- If this medicine is given to premature babies, their heart must be carefully monitored.
Use in Elderly Patients
Category C
Suitable for older adults, with specific precautions. Consider the risk of adverse effects of cortisone treatment. (updated 10.11.2025)