For patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM) receiving dexamethasone induction, dose reductions do not ...

Dexamethasone is a generic drug that’s prescribed for treating many conditions, including multiple sclerosis and allergic reactions. As with other drugs, dexamethasone can cause side effects ...

Dexamethasone reduced mortality among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, especially those who were also receiving respiratory support.

Let’s look specifically at dexamethasone, a common corticosteroid in emergency medicine, and use current research to describe what the drug does and look at select situations in prehospital care ...

Dexamethasone provided 4 mg at every 6 hours, the usual initial dose—equivalent to 400 mg of cortisol per day—is about 20 times the normal rate of endogenous production. In patients who have ...

This interaction may account for the variations in the optimal dexamethasone dose in a large number of brain tumor patients receiving prophylactic anti-epileptic medications. Phenobarbital ...

The phase 2 REST trial by Frida Bugge Askeland and colleagues, reported in The Lancet Haematology, provides insight into ...