6.Ophthlmic Diseases
Severe acute and chronic allergic and inflammatory processes involving the eye, such as:
Herpes zoster ophthalmicus
Iritis iridocyclitis
Chorioretinitis
Diffuse posterior uveitis and choroiditis
Optic neuritis
Sympathetic ophthalmia
Anterior segment inflammation
Allergic conjunctivitis
Allergic corneal marginal ulcers
Keratitis
7.Gastrointestinal Diseases
To tide the patient over a critical period of the disease in:
Ulcerative colitis (systemic therapy)
Regional enteritis (systemic therapy)
8. Respiratory Diseases
Symptomatic sarcoidosis
Berylliosis
Fulminating or disseminated pulmonary tuberculosis when used concurrently with appropriate antituberculous chemotherapy
Loeffler’s syndrome not manageable by other means
Aspiration pneumonitis
9.Hematologic Disorders
Acquired (autoimmune) hemolytic anemia
Idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura in adults (IV only; IM administration is contraindicated)
Secondary thrombocytopenia in adults
Erythroblastopenia (RBC anemia)
Congenital (erythroid) hypoplastic anemia
10.Neoplastic Diseases
For palliative management of:
Leukeias and lymphomas in adults
Adult leukemia of childhood
11.Edematous States
To induce diuresis or remission of proteinuria in the nephritic syndrome, without uremia, of the idiopathic type or that due to lupus erythamatosus