INTRODUCTION

Spinopred 500mg Injection is a type of medicine called a steroid. It is used to treat different conditions including rheumatic disorder, asthma, severe allergic reactions and conditions that affect your eyes and skin.

Spinopred 500mg Injection is usually given as an injection by your doctor into a vein, joint, or muscle. The amount you are given will depend on what you are being treated for and how much you need to control your symptoms. If you are using this medication at home, learn exactly how to do it correctly from your doctor. You should always take the amount prescribed. Do not take a larger dose or use it more often. Taking a higher dose will not improve your condition faster, and your risk of side effects will increase. Keep taking it regularly even if you feel well. Do not suddenly stop this medication as your condition may become worse. It should always be stopped gradually.

The most common side effects of this medicine include nausea, headache, dizziness, sweating, and swelling in your hands or ankles (edema). If these side effects bother you or will not go away, your doctor may suggest ways of preventing or reducing them. Steroids may also lower your ability to fight infections so avoid being near people who might pass on infections such as measles, chickenpox, or flu. Do not receive a live vaccine while using this medicine. Steroids can affect growth in children.

Before using this medicine, you should tell your doctor if you have brittle bones (osteoporosis), mood disorders, high blood pressure, or liver disease. Also, tell your doctor if you have diabetes, this medicine may increase blood glucose levels which can worsen diabetes. Many other drugs may affect, or be affected by, this medicine so let your doctor know all other medicines you are using. This is done to make sure it is safe to use. You should also tell your doctor if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant or breastfeeding. If this medicine is used for a long time you will be asked for regular monitoring of blood sugar, blood pressure, bone density as well as an eye examination.

USES OF SPINOPRED INJECTION

Rheumatic disorder
Allergic conditions
Eye disorders
Skin disorders

BENEFITS OF SPINOPRED INJECTION
In Rheumatic disorder

Rheumatic diseases may cause pain, stiffness, and swelling in the joints. They can also cause pain in other body structures such as muscles, tendons, ligaments, and bones. Spinopred 500mg Injection gives relief from these symptoms and helps in early recovery. It works by reducing substances in the body that cause pain and inflammation. Spinopred 500mg Injection is given only by a health care provider.
In Asthma

Spinopred 500mg Injection works by reducing and preventing swelling and inflammation in your lungs. It is known as a “preventer” and is used to prevent the symptoms of asthma such as tightness in your chest, wheezing, breathlessness and coughing. This means you can carry out your daily activities more easily and more confidently. It may take a few weeks for this medicine to show full effects. Keep taking it regularly as prescribed even if you do not have any symptoms (this means it is working). This medicine will not stop an asthma attack that has already started.

In Allergic conditions

Spinopred 500mg Injection is used to treat different inflammatory and allergic conditions including arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, ulcerative colitis which affect the skin, blood, eyes, lungs, stomach, and nervous system. It works by lowering your immune system’s response to these conditions thereby reducing symptoms such as swelling, pain, itching and other allergic-type reactions. Because this medicine weakens your immune system, you should avoid being near people who are ill or have infections.

In Eye disorders

Spinopred 500mg Injection helps relieve symptoms of eye infections such as redness, swelling, itching and watering of eyes. This medicine works by decreasing the production of certain chemicals that cause inflammation of the eyes. This will make it easier for you to go about your daily activities. Use it as prescribed to get the most benefit. If you see no improvement even after a week, talk to your doctor.

In Skin disorders

Spinopred 500mg Injection helps treat various inflammatory and allergic conditions of the skin such as eczema and psoriasis. It decreases your immune system’s response to these conditions thereby reducing symptoms such as swelling, pain, itching and other allergic-type reactions.

SIDE EFFECTS OF SPINOPRED INJECTION

Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you’re worried about them

Common side effects of Spinopred

Nausea

Dizziness

Headache

Sweating

Edema (swelling)

HOW TO USE SPINOPRED INJECTION

Your doctor or nurse will give you this medicine. Kindly do not self administer.

HOW SPINOPRED INJECTION WORKS

Spinopred 500mg Injection is a steroid which works by blocking the production of certain chemical messengers in the body that cause inflammation (redness and swelling) and allergies.