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What Would Be The Steroid Injection Most Likely Given For Acute Bronchitis?

My flu turned into acute bronchitis. My doctor gave me a nebulizer treatment, a steriod injection, an antibiotic injection, Advair and prescriptions for prednisolone, augmentin and cough syrup. What would the steroid injenction most likely have been? Both shots were injected into my upper backside. I think they said the name was something like Kendex or Kintak, but I was feeling quite poor at the time and cannot remember. If it helps, I hardly felt the steroid shot, it was a pretty small volume of clear liquid and was delivered very quickly, unlike the antiobiotic shot. Thank you.
Mon, 27 Oct 2014
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There are many steroids available in injection form. But injection dexamethasone is given as intramuscular injection.
So it must be dexona injection, as it was given in muscles.
And the volume of this injection is only 2 ml.
So in my opinion the injection is of dexamethasone. It is quite popular and safe for I.M. injection. So no need to worry about it.
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What Would Be The Steroid Injection Most Likely Given For Acute Bronchitis?

Thanks for your question on HCM. There are many steroids available in injection form. But injection dexamethasone is given as intramuscular injection. So it must be dexona injection, as it was given in muscles. And the volume of this injection is only 2 ml. So in my opinion the injection is of dexamethasone. It is quite popular and safe for I.M. injection. So no need to worry about it.