Deltacortril

Allergy and anaphylaxis: bronchial asthma, drug hypersensitivity reactions, serum sickness, angioneurotic oedema, anaphylaxis, incapacitating allergies unresponsive to conventional treatment.

Arteritis/collagenosis: giant cell arteritis/polymyalgia rheumatica, mixed connective tissue disease, polyarteritis nodosa, polymyositis.

Blood disorders: haemolytic anaemia (auto-immune), leukaemia (acute and chronic lymphocytic), lymphoma, multiple myeloma, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.

Cardiovascular disorders: post-myocardial infarction syndrome, rheumatic fever with severe carditis.

Endocrine disorders: primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency, congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

Gastro-intestinal disorders: regional ileitis (Crohn's disease), ulcerative colitis, persistent coeliac syndrome (coeliac disease unresponsive to gluten withdrawal), auto-immune chronic active hepatitis, multisystem disease affecting liver, biliary peritonitis.

Hypercalcaemia: sarcoidosis, vitamin D excess.

Infections (with appropriate chemotherapy): helminthic infestations, Herxheimer reaction, infectious mononucleosis, miliary tuberculosis, mumps orchitis (adult), tuberculous meningitis, rickettsial disease.

Muscular disorders: polymyositis, dermatomyositis.

Neurological disorders: infantile spasms, Shy-Drager syndrome, sub-acute demyelinating polyneuropathy.

Ocular disease: scleritis, posterior uveitis, retinal vasculitis, pseudo-tumours of the orbit, giant cell arteritis, malignant ophthalmic Graves disease.

Renal disorders: lupus nephritis, acute interstitial nephritis, minimal change glomerulonephritis, nephrotic syndrome.

Respiratory disease: allergic pneumonitis, asthma, occupational asthma, pulmonary aspergillosis, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary alveolitis, aspiration of foreign body, aspiration of stomach contents, pulmonary sarcoid, drug induced lung disease, adult respiratory distress syndrome, spasmodic croup, fulminating or disseminated pulmonary tuberculosis when used concurrently with appropriate antituberculosis chemotherapy.

Rheumatic disorders: rheumatoid arthritis, polymyalgia rheumatica, juvenile chronic arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis, mixed connective tissue disease.

Skin disorders: pemphigus vulgaris, exfoliative dermatitis, bullous pemphigoid, systemic lupus erythematosus, pyoderma gangrenosum.

Miscellaneous: sarcoidosis, hyperpyrexia, Behçets disease, immunosuppression in organ transplantation.

RAYOS is indicated in the treatment of the following diseases or conditions:

Allergic Conditions

Control of severe or incapacitating allergic conditions intractable to adequate trials of conventional treatment in adults and pediatric populations with:

• Atopic dermatitis
• Drug hypersensitivity reactions
• Seasonal or perennial allergic rhinitis
• Serum sickness

Dermatologic Diseases

• Bullous dermatitis herpetiformis
• Contact dermatitis
• Exfoliative erythroderma
• Mycosis fungoides
• Pemphigus
• Severe erythema multiforme (Stevens-Johnson syndrome)

Endocrine Conditions

• Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
• Hypercalcemia of malignancy
• Nonsuppurative thyroiditis
• Primary or secondary adrenocortical insufficiency: hydrocortisone or cortisone is the first choice: synthetic analogs may be used in conjunction with mineralocorticoids where applicable

Gastrointestinal Diseases

During acute episodes in:

• Crohn's Disease
• Ulcerative colitis

Hematologic Diseases

• Acquired (autoimmune) hemolytic anemia
• Diamond-Blackfan anemia
• Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in adults
• Pure red cell aplasia
• Secondary thrombocytopenia in adults

Neoplastic Conditions

For the treatment of:

• Acute leukemia
• Aggressive lymphomas

Nervous System Conditions

• Acute exacerbations of multiple sclerosis
• Cerebral edema associated with primary or metastatic brain tumor, craniotomy or head injury

Ophthalmic Conditions

• Sympathetic ophthalmia
• Uveitis and ocular inflammatory conditions unresponsive to topical steroids

Conditions Related to Organ Transplantation

• Acute or chronic solid organ rejection

Pulmonary Diseases

• Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
• Aspiration pneumonitis
• Asthma
• Fulminating or disseminated pulmonary tuberculosis when used concurrently with appropriate chemotherapy
• Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
• Idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia
• Idiopathic eosinophilic pneumonias
• Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
• Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) associated with hypoxemia occurring in an HIV(+) individual who is also under treatment with appropriate anti-PCP antibiotics.
• Symptomatic sarcoidosis

Renal Conditions

• To induce a diuresis or remission of proteinuria in nephrotic syndrome, without uremia, of the idiopathic type or that due to lupus erythematosus

Rheumatologic Conditions

As adjunctive therapy for short-term administration (to tide the patient over an acute episode or exacerbation) in:

• Acute gouty arthritis

During an exacerbation or as maintenance therapy in selected cases of:

• Ankylosing spondylitis
• Dermatomyositis/polymyositis
• Polymyalgia rheumatica
• Psoriatic arthritis
• Relapsing polychondritis
• Rheumatoid arthritis, including juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (selected cases may require low dose maintenance therapy)
• Sjogren's syndrome
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Vasculitis

Specific Infectious Diseases

• Trichinosis with neurologic or myocardial involvement.
• Tuberculous meningitis with subarachnoid block or impending block used concurrently with appropriate antituberculous chemotherapy.

Non-infected inflammatory conditions of the eye.

Deltacortril is indicated in the treatment of the following diseases or conditions:

Allergic Conditions

Control of severe or incapacitating allergic conditions intractable to adequate trials of conventional treatment in adults and pediatric populations with:

• Atopic dermatitis
• Drug hypersensitivity reactions
• Seasonal or perennial allergic rhinitis
• Serum sickness

Dermatologic Diseases

• Bullous dermatitis herpetiformis
• Contact dermatitis
• Exfoliative erythroderma
• Mycosis fungoides
• Pemphigus
• Severe erythema multiforme (Stevens-Johnson syndrome)

Endocrine Conditions

• Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
• Hypercalcemia of malignancy
• Nonsuppurative thyroiditis
• Primary or secondary adrenocortical insufficiency: hydrocortisone or cortisone is the first choice: synthetic analogs may be used in conjunction with mineralocorticoids where applicable

Gastrointestinal Diseases

During acute episodes in:

• Crohn's Disease
• Ulcerative colitis

Hematologic Diseases

• Acquired (autoimmune) hemolytic anemia
• Diamond-Blackfan anemia
• Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in adults
• Pure red cell aplasia
• Secondary thrombocytopenia in adults

Neoplastic Conditions

For the treatment of:

• Acute leukemia
• Aggressive lymphomas

Nervous System Conditions

• Acute exacerbations of multiple sclerosis
• Cerebral edema associated with primary or metastatic brain tumor, craniotomy or head injury

Ophthalmic Conditions

• Sympathetic ophthalmia
• Uveitis and ocular inflammatory conditions unresponsive to topical steroids

Conditions Related to Organ Transplantation

• Acute or chronic solid organ rejection

Pulmonary Diseases

• Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
• Aspiration pneumonitis
• Asthma
• Fulminating or disseminated pulmonary tuberculosis when used concurrently with appropriate chemotherapy
• Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
• Idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia
• Idiopathic eosinophilic pneumonias
• Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
• Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) associated with hypoxemia occurring in an HIV(+) individual who is also under treatment with appropriate anti-PCP antibiotics.
• Symptomatic sarcoidosis

Renal Conditions

• To induce a diuresis or remission of proteinuria in nephrotic syndrome, without uremia, of the idiopathic type or that due to lupus erythematosus

Rheumatologic Conditions

As adjunctive therapy for short-term administration (to tide the patient over an acute episode or exacerbation) in:

• Acute gouty arthritis

During an exacerbation or as maintenance therapy in selected cases of:

• Ankylosing spondylitis
• Dermatomyositis/polymyositis
• Polymyalgia rheumatica
• Psoriatic arthritis
• Relapsing polychondritis
• Rheumatoid arthritis, including juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (selected cases may require low dose maintenance therapy)
• Sjogren's syndrome
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Vasculitis

Specific Infectious Diseases

• Trichinosis with neurologic or myocardial involvement.
• Tuberculous meningitis with subarachnoid block or impending block used concurrently with appropriate antituberculous chemotherapy.

Lodotra is indicated for the treatment of moderate to severe, active rheumatoid arthritis, particularly when accompanied by morning stiffness, in adults.

Deltacortril^® is indicated for the treatment of steroid-responsive inflammation of the palpebral and bulbar conjunctiva, cornea, and anterior segment of the globe.