World Health Organization (WHO) includes Dexamethasone on its model list of essential medicines. The list expresses the minimum medical requirements for a basic healthcare system.
Dexamethasone is used to treat a wide range of allergies and inflammatory conditions, including serious illnesses like cancer. In order to reduce inflammation, redness, itching, and allergic reactions, it works on the immune system. Some important uses of Dexamethasone are as follows:
Uses of Dexamethasone
- Treatment of severe allergic reactions by insect bites or stings, foods, medications, latex, and other substances,
- Treatment of inflammation (swelling, heat, redness, and pain),
- Treatment of adrenal problems,
- Treatment of arthritis,
- Treatment of asthma,
- Treatment of blood or bone marrow problems,
- Treatment of kidney problems.