Hydrocortisone

Hydrocortisone, or cortisol, is a glucocorticoid secreted by the adrenal cortex. Hydrocortisone is used to treat immune, inflammatory, and neoplastic conditions. It was discovered in the 1930s by Edward Kendall and named Compound F, or 17-hydroxycorticosterone. Hydrocortisone was granted FDA approval on 5 August 1952.

Hydrocortisone, or cortisol, is a glucocorticoid secreted by the adrenal cortex. Hydrocortisone is used to treat immune, inflammatory, and neoplastic conditions. It was discovered in the 1930s by Edward Kendall and named Compound F, or 17-hydroxycorticosterone. Hydrocortisone was granted FDA approval on 5 August 1952.

Otic solutions are indicated for infections of the external auditory canal caused by susceptible organisms and with inflammation. Hydrocortisone tablets are indicated for certain endocrine, rheumatic, collagen, allergic, ophthalmic, respiratory, hematologic, neoplastic, edematous, gastrointestinal, and other conditions. A hydrocortisone enema is indicated for ulcerative colitis, a topical ointment with antibiotics is indicated for corticosteroid responsive dermatoses with infections, and a topical cream with acyclovir is indicated to treat cold sores. Oral granules of hydrocortisone are used as a replacement therapy for Adrenocortical Insufficiency (AI) in children under 17 years of age.

• Acute Gouty Arthritis
• Acute Leukemia
• Acute Otitis Externa
• Adrenal Insufficiency
• Allergic Conjunctivitis (AC)
• Allergic Rhinitis (AR)
• Allergic corneal marginal ulcers
• Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS)
• Aspiration Pneumonitis
• Asthma
• Atopic Dermatitis
• Berylliosis
• Bullous dermatitis herpetiformis
• Chorioretinitis
• Choroiditis
• Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)
• Congenital Hypoplastic Anemia
• Contact Dermatitis
• Crohn's Disease (CD)
• Dermatitis
• Dermatomyositis (DM)
• Dermatosis
• Drug hypersensitivity reaction
• Epicondylitis
• Erythroblastopenia
• Fissure;Anal
• Haemorrhoids
• Herpes Labialis
• Hypercalcemia of Malignancy
• Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP)
• Infection of the Fenestration Cavity
• Infection of the Mastoidectomy Cavity
• Iridocyclitis
• Iritis
• Itching caused by Hemorrhoids
• Itching of the Anus
• Keratitis
• Leukemias
• Loeffler's syndrome
• Lymphoma
• Lymphomas NEC
• Mycosis Fungoides (MF)
• Ophthalmia, Sympathetic
• Optic Neuritis
• Pain caused by Hemorrhoids
• Pemphigus
• Posterior Uveitis
• Posttraumatic Osteoarthritis
• Primary adrenocortical insufficiency
• Proctitis
• Proteinuria
• Pruritis of the skin
• Psoriatic Arthritis
• Rectal inflammations NEC
• Rheumatic heart disease, unspecified
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Rheumatoid Arthritis, Juvenile
• Secondary adrenocortical insufficiency
• Secondary thrombocytopenia
• Serum Sickness
• Severe Seborrheic Dermatitis
• Skin Diseases
• Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
• Synovitis
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
• Trichinosis
• Tuberculous Meningitis
• Ulcerative Colitis
• Acquired immune hemolytic anemia
• Acute Bursitis
• Acute Tenosynovitis
• Acute rheumatic carditis
• Anterior eye segment inflammation
• Cryptitis
• Disseminated Pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB)
• Exfoliative erythroderma
• Fulminating Pulmonary Tuberculosis
• Non-suppurative Thyroiditis
• Severe Erythema multiforme
• Severe Psoriasis
• Subacute Bursitis
• Superficial infection of the external auditory canal with inflammation
• Symptomatic Sarcoidosis
• Systemic Dermatomyositis
• Varicella-zoster virus acute retinal necrosis