Is myopathy a side effect of DECADRON ? ( FactMed.com )

About this FactMed analysis covering adverse side effect reports of DECADRON patients who developed myopathy.

FactMed provides MD-approved analysis to help both patients, researchers, and physicians accurately assess the risk profile for more than 20,000 different pharmaceutical products. The below report offers compiled information from Food & Drug Administration and FactMed user submissions. Between January 2004 and October 2012, 97 individuals taking DECADRON reported myopathy to the FDA. A total of 20396 DECADRON drug adverse event reaction reports were made with the FDA during this time period. Often the FDA only receives reports of the most critical and severe cases; these numbers may therefore underrepresent the complication rate of the medication.

FDA Research Report

Introduction This page is designed to help you determine the relationship, if any, between DECADRON and myopathy. In doing so, we compare DECADRON with other drugs that cause myopathy, to help you evaluate whether or not DECADRON causes myopathy. Likewise, this page shows the most highly-reported side effects of DECADRON, so you can see if myopathy ranks among DECADRON's most well-known side effects.

Summary Statistics
Reports of DECADRON causing myopathy: 97
Reports of any side effect of DECADRON : 20396
Percentage of DECADRON patients where myopathy is a reported side effect: 0.4756%

FDA reports of any drug causing myopathy : 3605
Average percentage for all medicated patients where myopathy is reported as a complication: 0.0226%

Physician opinion on DECADRON as adverse event culprit:

Overall opinion for all reports of this drug:

Most frequent diagnoses/indications for prescribing DECADRON:

PREMEDICATION ( 1644 patients )
MULTIPLE MYELOMA ( 1133 patients )
DRUG USE FOR UNKNOWN INDICATION ( 714 patients )
PROPHYLAXIS ( 539 patients )
PROPHYLAXIS OF NAUSEA AND VOMITING ( 208 patients )
PRODUCT USED FOR UNKNOWN INDICATION ( 206 patients )
ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKAEMIA ( 138 patients )
PROSTATE CANCER ( 127 patients )
NAUSEA ( 123 patients )
PROSTATE CANCER STAGE IV ( 85 patients )
CHEMOTHERAPY ( 81 patients )
BRAIN OEDEMA ( 76 patients )
ANTIEMETIC SUPPORTIVE CARE ( 70 patients )
METASTASES TO CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ( 65 patients )
VOMITING ( 57 patients )
NON-HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA ( 44 patients )
INFLAMMATION ( 42 patients )
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS ( 41 patients )
AMYLOIDOSIS ( 38 patients )
PAIN ( 33 patients )
ASTHMA ( 32 patients )
BREAST CANCER ( 29 patients )
IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA ( 26 patients )
METASTATIC RENAL CELL CARCINOMA ( 25 patients )
LYMPHOMA ( 23 patients )
STEM CELL TRANSPLANT ( 22 patients )
GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME ( 21 patients )
HEADACHE ( 20 patients )
NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER ( 20 patients )
FATIGUE ( 20 patients )
RENAL CELL CARCINOMA ( 20 patients )
OEDEMA ( 20 patients )
ACNE ( 19 patients )
HYPERSENSITIVITY ( 18 patients )
METASTASES TO BONE ( 17 patients )
RASH ( 15 patients )
ALLERGY PROPHYLAXIS ( 15 patients )
LUNG NEOPLASM MALIGNANT ( 15 patients )
PROPHYLACTIC CHEMOTHERAPY ( 15 patients )
MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA ( 15 patients )
MALAISE ( 14 patients )
INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE INCREASED ( 14 patients )
PYREXIA ( 14 patients )
HISTIOCYTOSIS HAEMATOPHAGIC ( 14 patients )
OVARIAN CANCER ( 13 patients )
SINUSITIS ( 13 patients )
PLASMACYTOMA ( 13 patients )
TUMOUR ASSOCIATED FEVER ( 12 patients )
MATERNAL THERAPY TO ENHANCE FOETAL LUNG MATURITY ( 12 patients )
ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK ( 11 patients )
ENCEPHALITIS HERPES ( 11 patients )
MENINGITIS ( 11 patients )
LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS ( 11 patients )
APPETITE DISORDER ( 11 patients )
RADIOTHERAPY ( 10 patients )
LEUKAEMIA PLASMACYTIC ( 10 patients )
PROSTATE CANCER METASTATIC ( 10 patients )
CANCER PAIN ( 10 patients )
NEOPLASM MALIGNANT ( 10 patients )
ASTHENIA ( 10 patients )
FOETAL DISORDER ( 10 patients )
REFRACTORY CANCER ( 10 patients )
MENINGITIS PNEUMOCOCCAL ( 10 patients )
SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION ( 9 patients )
ADRENOGENITAL SYNDROME ( 9 patients )
ANOREXIA ( 9 patients )
DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA ( 9 patients )
RHINITIS ALLERGIC ( 9 patients )
T-CELL LYMPHOMA ( 9 patients )
BREAST CANCER METASTATIC ( 8 patients )
CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKAEMIA ( 8 patients )
CROUP INFECTIOUS ( 8 patients )
THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURE ( 8 patients )
LEUKAEMIA RECURRENT ( 8 patients )
BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT ( 8 patients )
FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA ( 7 patients )
COLON CANCER ( 7 patients )
ANAPHYLAXIS PROPHYLAXIS ( 7 patients )
ILL-DEFINED DISORDER ( 7 patients )
BEHCET'S SYNDROME ( 7 patients )
ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMA ( 7 patients )
ANGIOIMMUNOBLASTIC T-CELL LYMPHOMA ( 7 patients )
IMMUNOSUPPRESSION ( 7 patients )
CROHN'S DISEASE ( 7 patients )
BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS ( 6 patients )
DERMATOMYOSITIS ( 6 patients )
APLASTIC ANAEMIA ( 6 patients )
PALMAR-PLANTAR ERYTHRODYSAESTHESIA SYNDROME ( 6 patients )
DECREASED APPETITE ( 6 patients )
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ( 6 patients )
CARDIAC AMYLOIDOSIS ( 6 patients )
CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKAEMIA ( 6 patients )
B-CELL LYMPHOMA ( 6 patients )
APHASIA ( 6 patients )
BRAIN NEOPLASM ( 6 patients )
B-CELL TYPE ACUTE LEUKAEMIA ( 6 patients )
CUSHING'S SYNDROME ( 6 patients )
ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY ( 5 patients )
BURKITT'S LYMPHOMA ( 5 patients )
INCREASED APPETITE ( 5 patients )
HODGKIN'S DISEASE ( 5 patients )
RETINOIC ACID SYNDROME ( 5 patients )
ACUTE MYELOID LEUKAEMIA ( 5 patients )
BACK PAIN ( 5 patients )
HYPOGLYCAEMIA ( 5 patients )
THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA ( 5 patients )
ADULT T-CELL LYMPHOMA/LEUKAEMIA ( 5 patients )
GLIOBLASTOMA ( 5 patients )
SUPPLEMENTATION THERAPY ( 5 patients )
ANTIINFLAMMATORY THERAPY ( 5 patients )
ARTHRALGIA ( 5 patients )
CERVICAL CORD COMPRESSION ( 4 patients )
THROMBOCYTOPENIA ( 4 patients )
PHARYNGITIS ( 4 patients )
PLATELET COUNT DECREASED ( 4 patients )
CHEST PAIN ( 4 patients )
BRAIN CANCER METASTATIC ( 4 patients )
GLOSSITIS ( 4 patients )
CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASE ( 4 patients )
WALDENSTROM'S MACROGLOBULINAEMIA ( 4 patients )
ANALGESIC EFFECT ( 4 patients )
MALIGNANT MELANOMA ( 4 patients )
LEUKAEMIA ( 4 patients )
IMMUNISATION REACTION ( 4 patients )
OVARIAN CANCER RECURRENT ( 4 patients )
ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK COMPLETE ( 4 patients )
METASTASIS ( 4 patients )
CHOROIDITIS ( 4 patients )
LUNG DISORDER ( 4 patients )
ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKAEMIA RECURRENT ( 4 patients )
INFUSION RELATED REACTION ( 4 patients )
MIGRAINE ( 4 patients )
PALLIATIVE CARE ( 4 patients )
RADIATION INJURY ( 4 patients )
BENIGN HYDATIDIFORM MOLE ( 3 patients )
ADRENAL CORTEX DYSPLASIA ( 3 patients )
PEMPHIGUS ( 3 patients )
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF RENAL PELVIS ( 3 patients )
COLORECTAL CANCER ( 3 patients )
DYSPNOEA ( 3 patients )
ANAPLASTIC LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA T- AND NULL-CELL TYPES ( 3 patients )
LIGHT CHAIN DISEASE ( 3 patients )
NEUROPATHY PERIPHERAL ( 3 patients )
DIABETES MELLITUS MANAGEMENT ( 3 patients )
MASS ( 3 patients )
PACHYMENINGITIS ( 3 patients )
ADULT T-CELL LYMPHOMA/LEUKAEMIA STAGE IV ( 3 patients )
BONE PAIN ( 3 patients )
ALTERED STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS ( 3 patients )
EWING'S SARCOMA ( 3 patients )
SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS ( 3 patients )
ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKAEMIA ( 3 patients )
URTICARIA ( 3 patients )
ACUTE STRESS DISORDER ( 3 patients )
ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION ( 3 patients )
BRAIN STEM SYNDROME ( 3 patients )
PANCYTOPENIA ( 3 patients )
LYMPHOPLASMACYTOID LYMPHOMA/IMMUNOCYTOMA ( 3 patients )
OESOPHAGEAL CARCINOMA ( 3 patients )
ARTHRITIS ( 3 patients )
PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS ( 3 patients )
SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER STAGE UNSPECIFIED ( 3 patients )
FOETAL CARDIAC DISORDER ( 3 patients )
RADIOTHERAPY TO BRAIN ( 3 patients )
PROPHYLAXIS AGAINST TRANSPLANT REJECTION ( 3 patients )
DYSPNOEA EXERTIONAL ( 3 patients )
STEROID THERAPY ( 3 patients )
21-HYDROXYLASE DEFICIENCY ( 3 patients )
MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA STAGE IV ( 3 patients )
MYELOMA RECURRENCE ( 3 patients )
LIVER DISORDER ( 3 patients )
PNEUMONIA ( 3 patients )
ANTI-SS-A ANTIBODY POSITIVE ( 3 patients )
ENDOCRINE TEST ( 3 patients )
HORMONE THERAPY ( 3 patients )
NON-HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA STAGE I ( 3 patients )
DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA STAGE IV ( 3 patients )
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE ( 3 patients )
MENINGITIS BACTERIAL ( 3 patients )
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASM ( 3 patients )
POSTOPERATIVE CARE ( 3 patients )
ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME ( 3 patients )
ADDISON'S DISEASE ( 3 patients )
SMALL CELL CARCINOMA ( 2 patients )
ANALGESIC ASTHMA SYNDROME ( 2 patients )
DEHYDRATION ( 2 patients )
MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN ( 2 patients )
TESTIS CANCER ( 2 patients )
LENTICULAR OPERATION ( 2 patients )
NEPHROTIC SYNDROME ( 2 patients )
DERMATITIS ALLERGIC ( 2 patients )
FOETAL CHROMOSOME ABNORMALITY ( 2 patients )
NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER ( 2 patients )
GASTRIC CANCER ( 2 patients )
MYELOFIBROSIS ( 2 patients )
HERPES ZOSTER ( 2 patients )
METASTASES TO SPINE ( 2 patients )
BONE MARROW FAILURE ( 2 patients )
GENITAL HAEMORRHAGE ( 2 patients )
MYELOPATHY ( 2 patients )
RENAL AMYLOIDOSIS ( 2 patients )
TONGUE OEDEMA ( 2 patients )
ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK THIRD DEGREE ( 2 patients )
DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA RECURRENT ( 2 patients )
NASAL CAVITY CANCER ( 2 patients )
PAIN IN EXTREMITY ( 2 patients )
CRANIOTOMY ( 2 patients )
INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE ( 2 patients )
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA ( 2 patients )
OCULAR HYPERAEMIA ( 2 patients )

Drugs with high FDA adverse event association with myopathy:

LIPITOR (517 patients)
ZOCOR (480 patients)
ASPIRIN (474 patients)
SIMVASTATIN (410 patients)
FOSAMAX (309 patients)
PREDNISONE (241 patients)
CRESTOR (239 patients)
ZOMETA (201 patients)
PREDNISOLONE (199 patients)
LASIX (177 patients)
FUROSEMIDE (162 patients)
ZETIA (153 patients)
HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE (144 patients)
PREDNISONE TAB (139 patients)
LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM (138 patients)
VIOXX (130 patients)
ALLOPURINOL (125 patients)
DEXAMETHASONE (124 patients)
INSULIN (120 patients)
COUMADIN (118 patients)
CYCLOSPORINE (113 patients)
ATENOLOL (112 patients)
ATORVASTATIN CALCIUM (110 patients)
NORVASC (108 patients)
CLARITHROMYCIN (107 patients)
AMBIEN (104 patients)
MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL (103 patients)
LISINOPRIL (99 patients)
NOROXIN (98 patients)
DECADRON (97 patients)
OMEPRAZOLE (97 patients)
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE (96 patients)
SORAFENIB (RAF KINASE INHIBITOR) (95 patients)
GABAPENTIN (94 patients)
SYNTHROID (94 patients)
LAMIVUDINE (90 patients)
AMLODIPINE (90 patients)
RAMIPRIL (89 patients)
NEXIUM (88 patients)
PRILOSEC (87 patients)
METHYLPREDNISOLONE (85 patients)
WARFARIN SODIUM (83 patients)
ZIDOVUDINE (82 patients)
ALBUTEROL (82 patients)
LANSOPRAZOLE (80 patients)
MEK INHIBITOR (DIHYDROXYPROP-DIFLU-METHOXYPHEN-CYCLOPROPA-SULFAMI) (80 patients)
PROTONIX (79 patients)
ACETAMINOPHEN (77 patients)
FOLIC ACID (77 patients)
MULTI-VITAMINS (75 patients)
XANAX (75 patients)
COZAAR (73 patients)
NEURONTIN (73 patients)
REMICADE (71 patients)
REVLIMID (69 patients)
HUMIRA (68 patients)
AMIODARONE HCL (67 patients)
FLONASE (65 patients)
CELEXA (64 patients)
FERROUS SULFATE TAB (64 patients)
ATORVASTATIN (64 patients)
AMLODIPINE BESYLATE (64 patients)
SPIRONOLACTONE (63 patients)
MAGNEVIST (62 patients)
VYTORIN (62 patients)
ZOLOFT (61 patients)
PEPCID (60 patients)
PROGRAF (60 patients)
CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE (59 patients)
VICODIN (59 patients)
ADVAIR DISKUS 100/50 (59 patients)
ULTRAVIST 150 (59 patients)
PLAVIX (59 patients)
METHOTREXATE (58 patients)
COLCHICINE (58 patients)
AREDIA (57 patients)
OXYCONTIN (57 patients)
LYRICA (57 patients)
DIDANOSINE (56 patients)
ENALAPRIL MALEATE (55 patients)
HEPARIN SODIUM INJECTION (55 patients)
TAMOXIFEN CITRATE (55 patients)
ACYCLOVIR (52 patients)
FENOFIBRATE (52 patients)
PRAVASTATIN (52 patients)
CLONAZEPAM (51 patients)
ITRACONAZOLE (51 patients)
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE (51 patients)
DIGOXIN (49 patients)
SEBIVO (49 patients)
TOPROL-XL (49 patients)
LORAZEPAM (48 patients)
DILTIAZEM (48 patients)
LORTAB (48 patients)
ELAVIL (47 patients)
DIFLUCAN (47 patients)
METOPROLOL TARTRATE (46 patients)
ATIVAN (46 patients)
VELCADE (45 patients)
ALENDRONATE SODIUM (45 patients)
VITAMIN D (45 patients)
KLOR-CON (45 patients)
PRAVACHOL (45 patients)
WELLBUTRIN (44 patients)
TRICOR (44 patients)
DARVOCET-N 100 (44 patients)
PERCOCET (44 patients)
RAPAMUNE (43 patients)
ASCORBIC ACID (43 patients)
LEVAQUIN (43 patients)
AROMASIN (43 patients)
DIAZEPAM (43 patients)
ZANTAC (43 patients)
GEMFIBROZIL (41 patients)
CELEBREX (41 patients)
OXYCODONE HCL (41 patients)
ABACAVIR (40 patients)
LEXAPRO (40 patients)
NIFEDIPINE (40 patients)
RADIATION THERAPY (39 patients)
ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID SRT (39 patients)
ACIPHEX (39 patients)
METFORMIN HCL (39 patients)
IRON (39 patients)
ALTACE (39 patients)
TACROLIMUS (38 patients)
EFAVIRENZ (38 patients)
ZYPREXA (38 patients)
ZYRTEC (38 patients)
LESCOL (37 patients)
[THERAPY UNSPECIFIED] (37 patients)
METOPROLOL (37 patients)
GLEEVEC (37 patients)
PANTOPRAZOLE SODIUM (36 patients)
FOSAMAX PLUS D (36 patients)
PROPRANOLOL HYDROCHLORIDE (36 patients)
EFFEXOR (36 patients)
AMIODARONE (36 patients)
CEFTRIAXONE (36 patients)
HERCEPTIN (35 patients)
THALIDOMIDE (35 patients)
FUSIDIC ACID (35 patients)
SINGULAIR (35 patients)
IBUPROFEN (35 patients)
SPIRIVA (35 patients)
LOSARTAN POTASSIUM (35 patients)
VANCOMYCIN (35 patients)
WARFARIN (34 patients)
PERIDEX (34 patients)
BISOPROLOL (34 patients)
HYZAAR (34 patients)
SIROLIMUS (34 patients)
SOLU-MEDROL (34 patients)
ALPRAZOLAM (34 patients)
CO-TRIMOXAZOLE (34 patients)
AMITRIPTYLINE HCL (34 patients)
COREG (34 patients)
VITAMINS (UNSPECIFIED) (33 patients)
ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID (33 patients)
AZATHIOPRINE (33 patients)
ZOFRAN (33 patients)
CALTRATE +D (33 patients)
PROTEINASE INHIBITORS (33 patients)
CARTIA /USA/ (33 patients)
NIASPAN (33 patients)
PANTOPRAZOLE (33 patients)
MEGESTROL ACETATE (32 patients)
COMPAZINE (32 patients)
ADENOSINE (32 patients)
ALDACTONE (32 patients)
LANTUS (32 patients)
GASMOTIN (32 patients)
PROZAC (32 patients)
ARIMIDEX (31 patients)
AVELOX (31 patients)
FENTANYL (31 patients)
CALCIUM (UNSPECIFIED) (31 patients)
PAXIL (31 patients)
GLIPIZIDE (31 patients)
FLUCONAZOLE (31 patients)
ARANESP (31 patients)
CLARITIN (31 patients)
DILAUDID (31 patients)
NEUPOGEN (31 patients)
AVANDIA (31 patients)
B12 ^RECIP^ (30 patients)
K-DUR (30 patients)
CALCIUM CARBONATE (30 patients)
CELLCEPT (30 patients)
METFORMIN (30 patients)
CLOPIDOGREL (30 patients)
TRAMADOL HCL (30 patients)
REQUIP (29 patients)
CARVEDILOL (29 patients)
GLUCOPHAGE (29 patients)
FLOMAX (29 patients)
ZESTRIL (29 patients)
MIRTAZAPINE (29 patients)
TIAZAC (29 patients)
CAPECITABINE (29 patients)
KETEK (29 patients)
NICORANDIL (29 patients)
VERAPAMIL (29 patients)
CYMBALTA (28 patients)
RALTEGRAVIR (28 patients)
LOVASTATIN (28 patients)
CALCIUM (28 patients)
ACTOS (28 patients)
MICARDIS (28 patients)
DILTIAZEM HYDROCHLORIDE (28 patients)

Most common side effects for patients taking DECADRON:

PAIN (2017 patients)
NAUSEA (1969 patients)
ANAEMIA (1870 patients)
PYREXIA (1858 patients)
DIARRHOEA (1745 patients)
DYSPNOEA (1690 patients)
PNEUMONIA (1608 patients)
ANXIETY (1597 patients)
FATIGUE (1597 patients)
VOMITING (1509 patients)
ASTHENIA (1392 patients)
OSTEONECROSIS OF JAW (1379 patients)
BACK PAIN (1305 patients)
BONE DISORDER (1245 patients)
CONSTIPATION (1091 patients)
NEUROPATHY PERIPHERAL (1089 patients)
DEHYDRATION (1088 patients)
WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT DECREASED (1065 patients)
HEADACHE (1031 patients)
OSTEOMYELITIS (1026 patients)
OEDEMA PERIPHERAL (1023 patients)
PAIN IN JAW (976 patients)
PLATELET COUNT DECREASED (969 patients)
HAEMOGLOBIN DECREASED (959 patients)
DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS (944 patients)
TOOTH EXTRACTION (938 patients)
INJURY (928 patients)
HYPOTENSION (926 patients)
NEUTROPENIA (921 patients)
WEIGHT DECREASED (909 patients)
PLEURAL EFFUSION (899 patients)
THROMBOCYTOPENIA (880 patients)
DECREASED APPETITE (878 patients)
OSTEONECROSIS (866 patients)
ARTHRALGIA (856 patients)
INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE (834 patients)
HYPOAESTHESIA (823 patients)
INFECTION (814 patients)
DEATH (806 patients)
ABDOMINAL PAIN (797 patients)
FALL (795 patients)
PANCYTOPENIA (794 patients)
MULTIPLE MYELOMA (793 patients)
DIZZINESS (791 patients)
RASH (765 patients)
CHEST PAIN (759 patients)
PAIN IN EXTREMITY (741 patients)
HYPERTENSION (737 patients)
PULMONARY EMBOLISM (737 patients)
SEPSIS (732 patients)
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM PROGRESSION (725 patients)
OSTEOARTHRITIS (703 patients)
DISEASE PROGRESSION (674 patients)
CONFUSIONAL STATE (670 patients)
FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA (662 patients)
DEPRESSION (651 patients)
MALAISE (648 patients)
OSTEOPENIA (640 patients)
SWELLING (628 patients)
RENAL FAILURE (622 patients)
SPINAL OSTEOARTHRITIS (613 patients)
BRONCHITIS (610 patients)
COUGH (608 patients)
NEUTROPHIL COUNT DECREASED (602 patients)
HYPOKALAEMIA (599 patients)
DYSPHAGIA (598 patients)
GENERAL PHYSICAL HEALTH DETERIORATION (593 patients)
STOMATITIS (590 patients)
PARAESTHESIA (581 patients)
SINUSITIS (577 patients)
METASTASES TO BONE (572 patients)
CONVULSION (571 patients)
RENAL FAILURE ACUTE (556 patients)
BONE PAIN (547 patients)
ERYTHEMA (543 patients)
EMOTIONAL DISTRESS (540 patients)
ATELECTASIS (539 patients)
IMPAIRED HEALING (532 patients)
URINARY TRACT INFECTION (525 patients)
RESPIRATORY FAILURE (524 patients)
GASTROOESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (524 patients)
CELLULITIS (514 patients)
ANHEDONIA (512 patients)
GAIT DISTURBANCE (507 patients)
INSOMNIA (501 patients)
MUSCULAR WEAKNESS (496 patients)
BONE LESION (492 patients)
DEFORMITY (479 patients)
CARDIAC FAILURE CONGESTIVE (474 patients)
LEUKOPENIA (472 patients)
DENTAL CARIES (465 patients)
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (464 patients)
HYPERGLYCAEMIA (456 patients)
MENTAL STATUS CHANGES (449 patients)
NEOPLASM MALIGNANT (447 patients)
HYPONATRAEMIA (438 patients)
HERPES ZOSTER (436 patients)
ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE INCREASED (419 patients)
CHILLS (419 patients)
ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE INCREASED (406 patients)
BLOOD CREATININE INCREASED (398 patients)
SYNCOPE (397 patients)
TOOTH DISORDER (394 patients)
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (385 patients)
HAEMATOCRIT DECREASED (381 patients)
INTERVERTEBRAL DISC PROTRUSION (380 patients)
UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION (377 patients)
BLOOD GLUCOSE INCREASED (373 patients)
PRURITUS (370 patients)
INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION (369 patients)
OEDEMA (368 patients)
DECREASED INTEREST (364 patients)
TACHYCARDIA (363 patients)
TOOTHACHE (363 patients)
SPINAL COMPRESSION FRACTURE (362 patients)
SWELLING FACE (362 patients)
HYPOPHAGIA (362 patients)
RIB FRACTURE (354 patients)
HEPATIC FUNCTION ABNORMAL (351 patients)
SOMNOLENCE (350 patients)
HAEMORRHOIDS (348 patients)
VISION BLURRED (347 patients)
DRUG INEFFECTIVE (342 patients)
CATARACT (340 patients)
MUSCLE SPASMS (338 patients)
OSTEOPOROSIS (336 patients)
HYPOXIA (329 patients)
PRIMARY SEQUESTRUM (321 patients)
LYMPHADENOPATHY (321 patients)
CARDIOMEGALY (319 patients)
BLOOD ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE INCREASED (319 patients)
GASTROINTESTINAL HAEMORRHAGE (317 patients)
PALMAR-PLANTAR ERYTHRODYSAESTHESIA SYNDROME (317 patients)
OSTEOLYSIS (316 patients)
METASTASES TO CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (315 patients)
RECTAL HAEMORRHAGE (314 patients)
MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN (311 patients)
DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION (311 patients)
MYALGIA (307 patients)
NECK PAIN (306 patients)
INFLAMMATION (305 patients)
COMPRESSION FRACTURE (303 patients)
CHEST DISCOMFORT (303 patients)
BLOOD LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE INCREASED (300 patients)
LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS (299 patients)
MUCOSAL INFLAMMATION (295 patients)
BLOOD PRESSURE DECREASED (294 patients)
EXOSTOSIS (294 patients)
JAW OPERATION (290 patients)
METASTASES TO LIVER (290 patients)
DIABETES MELLITUS (288 patients)
ANOREXIA (288 patients)
HIATUS HERNIA (287 patients)
TOOTH ABSCESS (282 patients)
DEBRIDEMENT (280 patients)
ORAL PAIN (280 patients)
INFUSION RELATED REACTION (280 patients)
EPISTAXIS (277 patients)
FLUSHING (276 patients)
RENAL IMPAIRMENT (275 patients)
DISABILITY (274 patients)
DIVERTICULUM (271 patients)
ARTHRITIS (270 patients)
GASTRITIS (266 patients)
ABDOMINAL PAIN UPPER (264 patients)
STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION (264 patients)
METASTASES TO LUNG (259 patients)
MOUTH ULCERATION (259 patients)
DEPRESSED LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS (258 patients)
HAEMATURIA (257 patients)
ABDOMINAL DISTENSION (256 patients)
LUNG NEOPLASM (256 patients)
HYPERSENSITIVITY (255 patients)
SEPTIC SHOCK (250 patients)
TREMOR (250 patients)
ENDODONTIC PROCEDURE (249 patients)
BONE MARROW FAILURE (248 patients)
TRICUSPID VALVE INCOMPETENCE (245 patients)
DYSPNOEA EXERTIONAL (243 patients)
LUNG INFILTRATION (242 patients)
DYSPEPSIA (241 patients)
ALOPECIA (241 patients)
MUSCULOSKELETAL CHEST PAIN (238 patients)
LUNG DISORDER (237 patients)
RENAL FAILURE CHRONIC (233 patients)
BONE DEBRIDEMENT (232 patients)
LETHARGY (231 patients)
CARDIAC ARREST (230 patients)
SINUS TACHYCARDIA (229 patients)
EMPHYSEMA (229 patients)
METASTASES TO SPINE (229 patients)
PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURE (228 patients)
BLOOD UREA INCREASED (228 patients)
RENAL CYST (225 patients)
BLOOD PRESSURE INCREASED (224 patients)
LIFE EXPECTANCY SHORTENED (224 patients)
CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERISATION (224 patients)
EAR PAIN (223 patients)
C-REACTIVE PROTEIN INCREASED (223 patients)
RED BLOOD CELL COUNT DECREASED (223 patients)
CHOLELITHIASIS (222 patients)
ABSCESS (222 patients)
MITRAL VALVE INCOMPETENCE (222 patients)
BURSITIS (221 patients)
ORAL DISORDER (220 patients)
CONDITION AGGRAVATED (218 patients)
NEPHROLITHIASIS (218 patients)
WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT INCREASED (213 patients)
PURULENT DISCHARGE (213 patients)
LOOSE TOOTH (212 patients)

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QUESTION OTOTOXICITY	I'm taking Decadron 4 mg PO q 8 for 12 days now, is ototoxicity a side effect?	2016-05-30 15:07:29
QUESTION CARCINOID SYNDROME	Is it safe to have decadron shot for allergies if you have Carcinoid syndrome and Carcinoid cancer?	2016-10-21 11:39:44
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QUESTION POSTICTAL PARALYSIS	After having a shot of dexadron will it or should it make you go completely paralyzed from the place of injection all the way down to your feet	2016-12-15 01:12:17
QUESTION DIVERTICULITIS	Can I have a decadron injection 10 mg If I have diverticulitis ?	2016-12-25 10:03:07
QUESTION CULTURE URINE POSITIVE	My urine came back positive after I took decadron is that possible	2017-01-05 16:12:25

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