An oral, intramuscular, and intravenous glucocorticoid with a short half‐life.
A hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex.
A hormone secreted in small quantities by the adrenal cortex.
Hormone of the adrenal cortex that functions in carbohydrate metabolism and which, as a drug, is used to treat inflammatory conditions.
A naturally occurring corticosteroid that is used mainly to treat deficiency of corticosteroid hormones in Addison’s disease and following surgical removal of the adrenal glands. It is administered by mouth or injection and may cause serious side-effects such as stomach ulcers and bleeding, nervous and hormone disturbances, muscle and bone damage, and eye changes.
An early corticosteroid drug, now obsolete and replaced by prednisolone and hydrocortisone.
A hormone isolated from the cortex of the adrenal gland and also prepared synthetically. It regulates the metabolism of fats, carbohydrates, sodium, potassium, and proteins, and is also used as an anti-inflammatory agent.
A natural steroid hormone produced in the adrenal gland. It can also be made in the laboratory. Cortisone reduces swelling and can suppress immune responses.
A glucocorticoid steroid hormone, produced by the adrenal glands or synthetically, that has anti-inflammatory and immune-system suppressing properties. Prednisone and prednisolone also belong to this group of substances.
A steroid hormone made in the liver, or produced artificially, which is used to treat inflammation.
A distinctive glucocorticoid substance, meticulously synthesized by the adrenal cortex as a retort to stressful stimuli, Cortisone takes center stage as a steroid endowed with noteworthy anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive attributes.
Cortisone, a synthetic corticosteroid hormone, is employed as a substitute hormone in the therapeutic management of Addison’s disease. Alongside its beneficial effects, the hormone may also lead to adverse reactions such as peptic ulceration and gastric bleeding.
A hormone secreted by the suprarenal gland and now synthesized in the laboratory. Its main action is anti-inflammatory, though its masking effect is not without danger since “silent” widespread infections can occur in those taking the drug. When first discovered, cortisone was hailed as a major advance in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, but it was found that improvement was short-lived and almost equal results could be obtained with aspirin. In fact it was suggested that aspirin stimulated the production of cortisone from the suprarenal glands. The forms of cortisone now manufactured have fewer side effects and are used to treat severe asthma, severe bronchitis, inflamed joints such as tennis elbow, and for lessening the violent inflammatory reactions of some virus diseases for which antibiotic drugs are useless, especially where there is an inflammation of the central nervous system.