Solution for injection - 4 mg/ml

Prodexa 4 is a pharmaceutical product which contains the active substance dexamethasone sodium phosphate. Dexamethasone sodium phosphate is a synthetic glucocorticoid. Glucocorticoids affect body’s metabolism. They also modify body’s immune response. Dexamethasone sodium phosphate is mainly used for its antinflammatory effect in certain organs.

Dexamethasone sodium phosphate is one of the longest-acting glucocorticoids and has almost no mineralocorticoid activity.

It is the glucocorticoid of choice in the treatment of cerebral edema, because it penetrates to central nervous system better than other glucocorticoids.

Dexamethasone sodium phosphate is about 20 – 30 times more potent than hydrocortisone and 5 – 7 times more potent than prednisone.