Xalcort 6mg Tablet

✔️ Benefits of Xalcort 6

• Deflazacort is used in the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
• It is beneficial in inflammatory diseases, including asthma, arthritis, and allergies.
• It works by reducing the formation of inflammatory substances and suppressing the immune system's response to prevent self-damage (autoimmune reactions that occur in organ transplants, autoimmune diseases, or cancer).
• Deflazacort is a steroid that interacts with overactive immune cells, slowing their activity and decreasing the damaging effects they cause in the body.
• Deflazacort makes organ transplantation possible and treats muscle disorders like Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

✔️ Side Effects | Xalcort 6

• Upper respiratory tract infection
• Excessive abdominal fat
• Runny or stuffy nose
• Skin redness
• Irritability
• Abdominal discomfort or pain
• Irregular behavior
• Fever
• Back pain
• Acne
• Nausea
• Restlessness
• Nosebleeds
• Stretch marks

✔️ Interaction

Drug-Drug Interaction: Deflazacort interacts with anti-tuberculosis (anti-TB) drugs like rifampicin and rifabutin, pain-relieving drugs like carbamazepine, Anti-seizure drugs like phenobarbital, phenytoin, and pyrimethamine, and antifungals like ketoconazole.

Drug-Food interaction: Not advised to be taken with grapefruit or its juice.

Drug-Disease interaction: Care should be exercised when Deflazacort is administered in patients with diabetes, cataracts, Thyroid, blood pressure, kidney diseases, glaucoma, and herpes.

✔️ Precautions & Warnings

• Patients with a history of tuberculosis (TB), heart disease or heart failure stomach disorders (gastritis, peptic ulcer), diabetes (including family history), osteoporosis (bone disease), myasthenia gravis (muscle weakness), depression, mental distress, history of muscular problems caused by corticosteroids, kidney and liver dysfunction (including hepatic insufficiency and cirrhosis), should consult a doctor before using Deflazacort.
• Xalcort 6 is not recommended for children less than 5 years of age, lactating mothers, or pregnant women.
• Avoid going near people who are sick or infected while using Deflazacort.
• Before taking Xalcort 6 and for at least 4-6 weeks, do not take any live vaccine, as it may cause severe allergic reactions.
• Do not quit taking Xalcort 6 without consulting your physician. Symptoms such as loss of appetite, stomach upset, vomiting, drowsiness, confusion, headache, fever, joint and muscle pain, peeling skin, and weight loss may occur when the medication is stopped suddenly.

✔️ Storage:

Store in a cool and dry place away from sunlight