Hydrocortisonedrug info
hydrocortisone acetate 25 MG Rectal Suppository [Anucort-HC]
What it is used for
Hydrocortisone acetate suppositories are indicated for use in inflamed hemorrhoids, post-irradiation (factitial) proctitis; as an adjunct in the treatment of chronic ulcerative colitis; cryptitis; and other inflammatory conditions of anorectum and pruritus ani.
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective November 22, 2023. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
Description
Hydrocortisone Acetate is a corticosteroid designated chemically as pregn-4-ene 3, 20-dione,21-(acetyloxy)-11, 17-dihydroxy-(11ß) with the following structural formula: Each rectal suppository contains hydrocortisone acetate, USP 25 mg in a specially blended hydrogenated vegetable oil base. structural formula
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective November 22, 2023. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
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