Corticosteroids (Rectal)
Category- Anti-inflammatory, steroidal, rectal
- Corticosteroid, rectal
DescriptionRectal corticosteroids (kor-ti-ko-STER-oyds)
are used to treat
mild or moderate ulcerative colitis. They also may be used along with systemic
(oral or injection) corticosteroids or other medicines to treat severe disease
or mild to moderate disease that has spread too far to be treated effectively
by medicine inserted into the rectum alone. Rectal corticosteroids also are
used to help relieve swelling, itching, and discomfort of some other rectal
problems, including hemorrhoids and inflammation of the rectum caused by radiation
therapy.
Rectal corticosteroids are available only with your doctor's prescription
in the following dosage forms:
Rectal
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Betamethasone
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Budesonide
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Hydrocortisone
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Hydrocortisone acetate
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Foam (U.S. and Canada)
-
Suppositories (U.S. and Canada)
-
Tixocortol
Brand NamesSome commonly used brand names are:
In the U.S. -
- Anucort-HC 4
- Anu-Med HC 4
- Anuprep HC 4
- Anusol-HC 4
- Anutone-HC 4
- Anuzone-HC 4
- Cort-Dome 4
- Cortenema 3
- Cortifoam 4
- Hemril-HC Uniserts 4
- Hemorrhoidal HC 4
- Proctocort 4
- Proctosol-HC 4
- Rectasol-HC 4
In Canada -
- Betnesol 1
- Cortenema 3
- Cortifoam 4
- Cortiment-10 4
- Cortiment-40 4
- Entocort 2
- Hycort 3
- Rectocort 4
- Rectovalone 5
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Note:
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For quick reference, the following rectal corticosteroids
are numbered to match the corresponding brand names.
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| This information applies to the following medicines: |
| 1. |
Betamethasone (bay-ta-METH-a-sone)* |
| 2. |
Budesonide (byoo-DES-oh-nide)* |
| 3. |
Hydrocortisone (hye-droe-KOR-ti-sone)‡ |
| 4. |
Hydrocortisone acetate (hye-droe-KOR-ti-sone AS-a-tate)‡ |
| 5. |
Tixocortol (tix-OH-kor-tole)* |
| * Not commercially available in the U.S. |
| ‡ Generic name product may be available
in the U.S. |
Another commonly used name for hydrocortisone is cortisol
.
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