A synthetic anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid derived from cortisone. It is biologically inert and converted to prednisolone in the liver.
Prednisone was granted FDA approval on 21 February 1955.
Prednisone is indicated as an anti-inflammatory or immunosuppressive drug for allergic, dermatologic, gastrointestinal, hematologic, ophthalmologic, nervous system, renal, respiratory, rheumatologic, infectious, endocrine, or neoplastic conditions as well as in organ transplant.
Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, Beijing, China
Beijing Friendship Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China
Beijing Luhe Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China
Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Universitätsklinikum Ulm; Medizinische Uni-Klinik III Abt. Innere Medizin III Hämatologie u. Onkolo., Ulm, Germany
Kaiser Permanente Medical Ctr, Vallejo, California, United States
St. Luke's Hospital, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
St. Joseph's Health Care, London, Ontario, Canada
Instituto do Cancer do Estado de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Kafrelsheikh University hospital, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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