Dexamethasone VS Methylprednisone, is one better than the other?

[@maniaacful]

2 months and only 600 something views? Gold mine of information here this needs more traffic

[@sashamellon822]

Doctors in india are so advanced in asthma treatment , it’s funny to see you ask these questions now whereas this was the standard treatment for life threatening asthma in early 1990s in inida. Dexamethasone saved my life a few times. It was actually mixed with oral steroids and I can’t remember but I think I had methyl prednisone injected as well. The side effects were eating like a pig spots the treatment was just one injection but it’s a very powerful drug. It’s several times stronger than methyl predin.

[@iluvdogs420]

So intelligent and a great teacher!

[@croppydoodle3730]

I am prescribed with methyl and rapihaler. Right now I am having difficulty to sleep. Though it help lessen my covid cough.

[@davidmbeckmann]

Everything said here is technically correct, but to master your Critical Care: in hospital, we prefer methylprednisolone as it penetrates lung tissue much better. And I use it preferentially in CoVid, adjusting the dose of methylprednisolone to the CRP; not just a doltish dose of decadron 6 mg everyday. 6 mg decadron is about 32 mg methylprednisolone. Dosing and potency are relative. I start hypoxic CoVideers on a loading dose of 80mg methylprednisolone, then give it bid titrated to CRP reduction.

[@carlosalmeida8713]

Great info. In the prehospital care it just makes more sense to use Dexamethasone. For severe cases we also use terbutaline SQ. It seems to work wonders.

[@paulagunness1581]

What about dexa use in RA

[@timclark3858]

I guess all of us clicked on the video having one common fear in mind...

[@Comeandgetyousome]

I know you asked this question a year ago, but having just found it myself….what’s the common fear? Mine is whether Dexa has less scary effects than Methyl. I’m scared to death of methyl.

[@tonyaperry4763]

Is there a difference between methylprednisone and just Prednisone?

[@daviddobiesz]

What is that song?

[@klinkum]

For me Dexamethasone all the way

[@smaganas]

Which would be better to use for day 4-7 of Covid in order to get ahead of inflammation?

[@michaeljhonfantilanan3207]

It helps in your long haul covid?