CALCORT

Calcort Information

The active ingredient of this medication is a substance called Deflazacort, a very effective corticosteroid. Such hormones are naturally produced by the adrenal glands and serve numerous functions that are very important for the well being of the organism. Calcort has a well-recognized anti-inflammatory effect. The administration of this medicine prevents certain cells of the human organism from secreting chemicals that trigger allergic or immune responses, which lead to the developing of an inflammatory condition. The use of Calcort also diminishes the patient’s regular number of white blood cells.

Calcort Indications

As we have mentioned in the previous chapter, this product is mainly employed as an anti-inflammatory in the case of patients who need to be granted a rapid and effective decrease of inflammation. In other words, patients who are suffering from arthritis (joint inflammation), asthma (lung inflammation), a severe form of an allergic reaction, and so on, may be prescribed a therapy course with Calcort. This product can also be prescribed to a patient who has undergone organ transplant, as it is able to lower the individual’s number of white blood cells. In rarer cases, patients who suffer from autoimmune diseases are also advised to start a therapy with Calcort. If you suffer from Crohn’s disease, juvenile chronic arthritis, asthma, anaphylaxis, dermatomyositis, bullous pemphigoid, and so on, you should refer to your medical prescriber and determine whether a therapy course with Calcort is the best medical solution for your case.

Calcort Warnings

It is important for all patients to know that stopping a long term therapy course with Calcort in an abrupt manner can lead to the developing of certain unwanted clinical manifestations. If you want to stop using this product after you have been using it for more than 3 weeks you should refer to your medical provider and ask him or her to help you avoid experiencing such symptoms (he or she will probably prescribe you a special dosing routine, as you will have to employ lower and lower doses of Calcort before you may stop taking any medication). As the use of corticosteroids is known to lower the patient’s natural inflammatory and immune clinical responses, a therapy course with this product can make a certain individual more susceptible to developing infectious conditions, or simply mask the clinical manifestations of such medical conditions.

In the early stages of one’s therapy course with this product the patient may experience mood or behavior changes, characterized by the following manifestations: irritability, confusion, sleeping problems, nightmares, depression, delusions, and so on. In certain cases, patients who were being treated with Calcort reported the presence of suicidal thoughts. If the patient who is being treated with this product is younger than 18, he or she should undergo regular medical check ups that will enable their health care provider constantly monitor their growth rate. Overall, Calcort must be employed with caution in the following cases: patients with liver failure, liver / kidney disease, peptic ulcer, ulcerative colitis, gastritis, diverticulitis, heart failure, diabetes, epilepsy, glaucoma, osteoporosis, and so on.

Calcort Intake Guidelines

A patient should employ his or her prescribed doses of this product in the morning, as this has shown to increase the therapy’s effectiveness. As Calcort has proven to be a stomach irritant, it is important to take a dose of this medication only after one of your main meals. We recommend all patients to read the product’s professional label (it should accompany a pack of drugs) and seek further explanations (if needed) from their medical prescriber.

Calcort Dosage

We strongly recommend all patients to refer to their medical prescriber in order to make sure that they are following the correct dosing routine with this medication – the one that will yield the best results in their case. You will find further dosing information in Calcort’s professional label.

Calcort Overdose

Unfortunately, we do not posses sufficient reliable information concerning the symptoms that may occur in the case of patients who suffer from such a medical condition. However, you should always keep in mind that the symptoms of over-dosage with Calcort are strongly related to the side effects of this medication.

Calcort Missed Dose

Missed doses of this product can alter the effectiveness of your therapy course. Furthermore, such disruptions can also lead to the development of several unpleasant clinical manifestations. Employing double doses of Calcort in order to correct such a disruption is not the best solution in which you can deal with such a condition.

Calcort Side Effects

The most common clinical manifestations that may appear during a prolonged therapy course with Calcort include a raise in the patient’s normal blood sugar levels, weight gain (along with increased appetite), nausea, abdominal bloating, indigestion, pancreatitis, muscle weakness, osteoporosis, hirsutism, physchiatric reactions, Cushing’s syndrome, and so on. As with most other medicines, not all patients who are treated with Calcort will experience all the symptoms which have been described in this chapter. While some patients will experience no symptoms at all, others may develop other clinical manifestations. Luckily, most of the side effects of Calcort are mild and go away in time. However, if you find your symptoms severely disturbing, you can refer to your personal physician and seek his or her help to ease your symptoms.

Calcort Drug Reactions

A combination between Calcort and other medicines can trigger severe manifestations. For example, as this product can lead to salt retention and to fluid retention, it must not be combined with the use of Furosemide or that of other diuretics, or with the use of antihypertensive remedies that are employed in the therapy of patients who suffer from high blood pressure. If a patient who is being treated with Calcort starts using Salbutamol, Salmeterol, Terbutaline, Amphotericin, and so on, he or she can experience hypokalemia.