Methylprednisolone

Side effects and indications

Whenever possible, frequency information about the side effects was extracted from the labels. Aggregated frequency information for the drug and, if available, placebo is shown. To the right, you can click on shaded boxes to be taken to mentions of the side effect on the label. (In some cases, the side effect cannot be highlighted due to conversion problems.) Information about indications was extracted from the indications and usage sections of the labels.

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Abdominal distension def x x x x x x x x
Abscess def x x x x x
Alkalosis def x x x x x x x x x
Angioedema def x x
Arachnoiditis def x x
Arrhythmia def x x x x x x
Arthralgia def x x x
Mental disorder def x
Breast disorder def x
Bronchospasm def x x x x
Calcinosis def x
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy def x
Connective tissue disorder def x
Convulsion def x x x x x x x x
Diabetes mellitus def x x x x x x x x x
Distention def x x x x x x x x
Dysgeusia def x
Ecchymosis def x x x x x x x x x
Embolism def x x
Fat embolism def x x
Oesophagitis def x x x x x x x x x
Rash def x x
Exophthalmos def x x x x x x x x
Eye disorder def x
Folliculitis def x
Pathological fracture def x x x x x x x x x
Glaucoma def x x x x x x x x
Glycosuria def x x
Headache def x x x x x x x x
Cardiac arrest def x x x x x x
Cardiac disorder def x
Cardiomegaly def x x
Cardiac failure def x x x x x x x x x
Cardiac failure congestive def x x x x x x x x
Myocardial rupture def x x x
Haemorrhage def x x x x x x x x x
Hepatomegaly def x x
Hiccups def x x
Hirsutism def x x
Hypernatraemia def x x x x x x x x x
Hypertension def x x x x x x x x x
Hypertrichosis def x x x
Hypotension def x x x x
Immune system disorder def x
Infarction def x x x
Infection def x x x x
Inflammatory bowel disease def x x
Unspecified disorder of intestine def x x
Arthropathy def x x
Miliaria def x
Myopathy def x x x x x x x x x
Myocardial infarction def x x
Nausea def x x x x x x
Necrosis def x x x x x x x x x
Nervous system disorder def x
Opportunistic infection def x
Osteoporosis def x x x x x x x x x
Pancreatitis def x x x x x x x x x
Papilloedema def x x x x x x x x x
Paraplegia def x x
Paraesthesia def x x
Peptic ulcer def x x x x x x x x x
Petechiae def x x x x x x x x x
Pruritus def x
Pseudotumor x x x
Benign intracranial hypertension def x x x
Pulmonary oedema def x x
Seizures def x x
Sweating def x x x x x x x x
Syncope def x x
Tachycardia def x x
Thromboembolism def x x
Thrombophlebitis def x x
Angiopathy def x
Vasculitis def x x
Vertigo def x x x x x x x x
Visual impairment def x
Vomiting def x x x x
Weight increased def x x
Alkalosis hypokalaemic x x x x x x x x x
Mood swings x x
Aseptic necrosis x x x x x x x x x
Cataract def x x x x x x x x x
Skin atrophy def x x x x
Impaired healing x x x x x x x x x
Intracranial pressure increased def x x x x x x x x x
Muscular weakness def x x x x x x x x x
Skin striae def x x x
Menstruation irregular def x x x x x x x x x
Skin hyperpigmentation def x x x x x
Leukoderma def x x x x x x
Acneiform eruption def x
Paraparesis def x
Malaise def x x
Increased appetite x x
Bladder dysfunction x x
Intraocular pressure increased x x x x x x x x x
Euphoric mood def x x
Cataract subcapsular x x x x x x x x x
Gastric haemorrhage def x
Potassium retention x x
Erythema facial x x x x x x
Muscle mass x x x x x x x x
Personality change def x x
Lupus miliaris disseminatus faciei def x
Pancreatitis haemorrhagic x x
Disorders of fluid, electrolyte and acid-base balance x x x x x x x x
Fluid retention x x x x x x x x x
Steroid myopathy def x x x x x x x x x
Glucose tolerance impaired def x x x x x x x x x
Eruption x
Skin test reaction x x x x x x x x x
Cushingoid x x x x x x x x x
Atrophy def x x x x x x
Anaphylactoid reaction x x
Skin scaly x x
Bradycardia def x x
Neuropathy def x x
Secondary infection def x
Blindness def x x
Compression fracture def x x x x x x x x x
Abscess sterile x x x x x
Carbohydrate tolerance decreased x x x x x x x
Sweating increased x x x x x x x
Acne def x x
Infestation NOS x
Nitrogen balance negative x x x x x x x x x
Cardiomyopathy def x
Insomnia def x x
Ganglion cyst def x
Weakness def x x x x x x x x x
Tingling sensation def x
Oesophagitis ulcerative x x x x x x x x
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Acute leukaemia def x x x x x x
Adrenal insufficiency def x x x
Allergic asthma x x
Alopecia def x
Alopecia areata def x
Anaemia def x x x x x x x
Anaphylactic shock def x
Ankylosing spondylitis def x x x x x x
Aplasia x
Aplasia pure red cell def x
Arteritis def x
Arthritis def x x x x x x x
Aspiration x x x x x x
Aspiration pneumonitis x x x x x x
Asthma def x x x x x x x x x
Atopy def x x x x x x x x
Blood disorder def x x x x x x x x
Body temperature increased def x
Brain cancer metastatic def x
Brain neoplasm def x
Bursitis def x x x x x x x
Cancer in remission x x x x x x x x
Carditis x x x x x x x
Chorioretinitis def x x x x x x
Choroiditis def x x x x x x
Colitis def x x x x x x x x x
Colitis ulcerative def x x x x x x x x
Collagen disorder def x x x x x x
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia def x x x x x x
Conjunctivitis def x x x x x x
Conjunctivitis allergic def x x x x x x
Cyst def x
Dermatitis def x x x x x x x x x
Dermatitis atopic def x x x x x x x x
Dermatitis bullous def x x x x x x x x
Dermatitis contact def x x x x x x x x x
Dermatitis exfoliative def x x x x x x x x x
Dermatitis herpetiformis def x x x x x x x x
Dermatomyositis def x x x x x x x
Diamond-Blackfan anemia def x
Discoid lupus erythematosus def x
Diuresis def x x x x x x x x
Drug hypersensitivity def x x x x x x x x
Edema cerebral def x x
Endocrine disorder def x x x x x x x x
Endophthalmitis def x x x x x x x x
Enteritis def x x x x x x x x
Eosinophilic pneumonia x x
Epicondylitis x x x x x x x
Erythema def x x x x x x x x x
Erythema multiforme def x x x x x x x x
Erythroblastopenia x x x x x x
Fungal infection def x x x x x x x x
Gastrointestinal disorder def x x x x x x x x
Gout def x
Gout acute x
Gouty arthritis def x x x x x x x
Granuloma def x
Granuloma annulare def x
Haemolytic anaemia def x x x x x x
Herpes NOS def x x x x x x
Herpes zoster def x x x x x x
Herpes zoster ophthalmic def x x x x x x
Hypercalcaemia def x x x x x x x
Hyperplasia def x x x x x x x
Hyperplasia adrenal def x x x x x x
Hypersensitivity def x x x x x x x x x
Hypertrophy def x
Hypoplastic anaemia x x x x x x
Idiopathic thrombocytopenia x
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura def x x x x x
Inflammation def x x x x x x
Iridocyclitis def x x x x x x
Iritis def x x x x x x
Juvenile arthritis def x x x x x
Keloid scar def x
Keratitis def x x x x x x
Laryngeal oedema def x x
Leukaemia def x x x x x x x x
Lichen planus def x
Lichen simplex chronicus x
Lichen unspecified def x
Lupus erythematosus def x x x x x x x x x
Lymphoma def x x x x x x x x
Meningitis def x x x x x x x x
Meningitis tuberculous def x x x x x x x x
Multiple sclerosis def x x x x x x
Mycosis fungoides def x x x x x x x x
Necrobiosis def x
Necrobiosis lipoidica def x
Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum x
Neoplasm def x
Neoplasm malignant def x x x x x x x
Nephropathy def x x
Nephrotic syndrome def x x x x x x x x
Nephrotic syndrome with lesion of minimal change glomerulonephritis x x
Neuritis def x x x x x x
Neurodermatitis def x x
Oedema def x x x x x
Optic neuritis def x x x x x
Osteoarthritis def x x x x x x x
Pain def x
Pemphigus def x x x x x x x x x
Pemphigus foliaceus x
Perennial allergic rhinitis def x x x x x x
Pneumonia def x x x x x x x x
Polymyositis def x x x x x x x
Posterior uveitis def x x x x x
Proteinuria def x x x x x x x x
Psoriasis def x x x x x x
Psoriatic arthropathy def x x x x x x x
Pulmonary tuberculosis def x x x x x x x
Purpura def x x x x x x
Red cell aplasia x
Regional enteritis def x x x x x x x
Respiratory disorder def x x x x x x x x
Rheumatic fever def x
Rheumatic heart disease def x x x x x x x
Rheumatoid arthritis def x x x x x x x
Rhinitis def x x x x x x x x
Rhinitis allergic def x x x x x x x x
Sarcoidosis def x x x x x x x x
Scar def x
Seasonal allergy def x
Seborrhoeic dermatitis def x x x x x x
Secondary adrenocortical insufficiency x x x x x
Secondary thrombocytopenia x x x x x x x
Serum sickness def x x x x x x x x x
Shock def x x x x
Sickness x x x x x x x x x
Skin disorder def x x x x x x x x x x
Skin scarring def x
Spondylitis def x x x x x x x
Status asthmaticus def x
Stomal ulcer def x x x x x x
Sympathetic ophthalmia def x x x x x x x x
Synovitis def x x x x x x x
Systemic lupus erythematosus def x x x x x x x x
Temporal arteritis def x
Tenosynovitis def x x x x x x x
Thrombocytopenia def x x x x x x x
Thrombocytopenic purpura def x x x x x
Thyroiditis def x x x x x x x
Transfusion reaction x x x x
Traumatic shock def x
Trichiniasis def x x x x x x x x
Tuberculosis def x x x x x x x x
Ulcer def x x x x x x x x x
Uremia def x x x x x x
Urticaria def x x x x
Uveitis def x x x x x x x x

Information

More information: STITCH, PubChem and possibly Wikipedia or Medpedia

ATC Codes: D07AA01, D10AA02, H02AB04

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Labels

Labels were obtained from different sources and potentially contain different sets of side effects. If you click on the label name, a HTML version of the label will be shown with proteins, chemicals and side efffects highlighted using Reflect.

  1. Methylprednisolone : 13 side effects (FDA XML label)
  2. METHYLPREDNISOLONE : 48 side effects (FDA XML label)
  3. METHYLPREDNISOLONE : 48 side effects (FDA XML label)
  4. Methylprednisolone : 50 side effects (FDA XML label)
  5. Methylprednisolone : 60 side effects (FDA XML label)
  6. METHYLPREDNISOLONE (METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE) / SOLU-MEDROL - (ACT-O-VIAL 125MG STERILE POWDER AND DILUENT) : 61 side effects (Health Canada)
  7. Methylprednisolone : 62 side effects (FDA XML label)
  8. Methylprednisolone : 62 side effects (FDA XML label)
  9. Methylprednisolone : 98 side effects (FDA XML label)
  10. METHYLPREDNISOLONE : 101 side effects (FDA XML label)