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Approximate relative potencies of steroids used in palliative care

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Approximate relative potencies:

Steroid

Route of administration

Equivalent anti-inflammatory dose

dexamethasone

oral/subcutaneous/IV/IM

2mg

prednisolone

oral/rectal

15mg

hydrocortisone

oral/IM/IV/rectal

60mg

 

Reference:

  1. West Midlands Palliative Care Physicians (2007). Palliative care - guidelines for the use of drugs in symptom control.

 


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