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Dexamethasone

Donavon B. Johnson  1 , Michael J. Lopez  2 , Brendan Kelley  3
In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan.
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Dexamethasone

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Dexamethasone has a wide variety of uses in the medical field. As a treatment, dexamethasone has been useful in treating acute exacerbation of multiple sclerosis, allergies, cerebral edema, inflammation, and shock. Patients with COVID-19, asthma, atopic and contact dermatitis, and drug hypersensitivity reactions have benefited from dexamethasone. Clinicians use it as a diagnostic agent for Cushing disease. This activity will highlight the mechanism of action, adverse event profile, FDA-approved and off-label uses, administration, dosing, contraindications, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, monitoring parameters, and relevant interactions of dexamethasone pertinent for interprofessional team members using dexamethasone for any of its intended indications.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure: Donavon Johnson declares no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Disclosure: Michael Lopez declares no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Disclosure: Brendan Kelley declares no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

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