Triamcort Indications/Uses

TRIAMCORT tablets are used for: Endocrine disorders: primary or secondary adrenocorticoid insufficiency (hydrocortisone or cortisone is the first choice; synthetic analogues may be used in conjunction with mineralocorticoids; during growth, the addition of mineralocorticoids is important), congenital adrenal hyperplasia, non-suppurative thyroiditis, hypercalcemia associated with cancer.
Rheumatic disorders: as adjunctive therapy for short-term use in psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis including juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, acute and subacute bursitis, acute non-specific tenosynovitis, acute gouty arthritis, post-traumatic osteoarthritis, synovitis osteoarthritis, epicondylitis.
Collagen disease during exacerbation or maintenance therapy in systemic lupus erythematosus, acute rheumatic carditis.
Skin diseases: pemphigus, atrophic dermatitis and others.
Eye diseases: allergic conjunctivitis, keratitis, iritis and iridocyclitis, chorioretinitis and others.
Respiratory diseases: symptomatic sarcoidosis, aspiration pneumonitis and others.
Hematologic disorders: idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in adults, secondary thrombocytopenia in adults, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, RBC anemia, congenital hypoplastic anemia.
Neoplastic diseases: to relieve leukemia and lymphoma in adults, acute leukemia in children.
Edema conditions: to cause diuresis or remission of proteinuria in nephrotic syndrome without uremia, idiopathic or caused by lupus erythematosus.
Gastrointestinal diseases: to help patients through times of crisis in diseases ulcerative colitis, regional enteritis.
Nervous system: acute exacerbation of brain or spinal cord hardening.
Others: inflammatory reactions in post-operative dental and TB meningitis with subarachnoid block if given together with appropriate anti-TB chemotherapy.