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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

Family Physician

Exp 50 years

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General & Family Physician

Exp 17 years

Dr. Saisudha Kotla
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Dr. Saisudha Kotla

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Dr. Nagamani Ng

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Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi
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Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi

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Dr.Raju

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Dr. Vaishalee Punj

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Exp 16 years

Why Is Defcort Given To Children

Premium Questions

Dr. Sumanth Amperayani MD

Hi , My son is 6 months old and has cough doc prescribed antibiotic, defcort and brozeet syrup for 3 days he had cough when he was 4 months old and took same medicines my worry is defcort is a ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sumanth Amperayani ( Pediatrician)
Dr.  Sandip Kabra MD

laryngitis or maybe an inflammation on the larynx . He has advised me to take Defcort 6mg and steam inhalation and give my voice box a complete shutdown. No talking he says.What do i do? What is defcort? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sandip Kabra ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Rakesh Karanwal MD

continuously with mesacol and entofoam enema .I have been given steroid like Wysolone and Defcort occasionally whenever there was flare up. I had two courses of Defcort since Sept 2013 & Nov 2013 and since... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rakesh Karanwal ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Ram Choudhary MD

Hello Dr. Grief, I have a condition called Vetsibular Neuritis for which the doc gave me Defcort 30 X 2 after breakfast. Just wanted to understand if this is ok? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ram Choudhary ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. P. T. Patil MD

I have been diagonesed with Kidney stone at lower right ureter . Size 6 mm approx. For extortion a medicine has been prescribed Defcort TM. I take Defcort TM at bed time, But my blood sugar significantly ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. P. T. Patil ( Urologist)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr.  Anand M I MD

My wife is taking defcort 6mg alternate day since last 9 years for the problem of lungs fibrous. Since the ct scan shows stability, doctor advised stop the defcort gradually, i.e 6mg, 3mg, 1mg. She ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Anand M I ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Irshad H Naqvi MD

my mom has been taking wysolone for last 23yrs due to her Sheehans syndrome , her doctor now changed Wysolone to Defcort as Defcort is shown to have less side effects. Is it okay? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Irshad H Naqvi ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi MD

I m 65 yrs old.for the last 15 months I m having breathing problems. I was prescribed defcort 30 for three days defcort 12 for three days abd defcort 6 for three days and then repeat of course ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Mirjeta Guni MD

I had viral infection in thyroid gland.now the reports are normal.i took defcort 30 mg for a month. now the doctor has started tapering of the medicene iam presently taking defcort 18 mg.ihave gained ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Mirjeta Guni ( Endocrinologist)
Dr. Phalguna Kousika K MD

i m on defcort 6mg for nephrotic syndrome is it safe for long time i m male 37 yr old with nephrotic syndrome i m on med defcort 6mg is it safe fo long time bcoz without this i cant survive ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Phalguna Kousika K ( General & Family Physician)