Hydrocortisone

Descriptions of Hydrocortisone

Hydrocortisone: A synthetic or semisynthetic analog of hydrocortisone with glucocorticoid and some mineralocorticoid activities. As a glucocorticoid receptor agonist, therapeutic hydrocortisone promotes protein catabolism gluconeogenesis, capillary wall stability, renal excretion of calcium, and suppresses immune and inflammatory responses. (NCI04)
Source: Diseases Database

Basic Information: Hydrocortisone

Count: Hydrocortisone is listed as a: treatment for 19 conditions; alternative treatment for 0 conditions; preventive treatment for 0 conditions; research treatment for 0 conditions.

Hydrocortisone is a type of: Cortisone (44)

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List of Diseases with Hydrocortisone as a Treatment

The following list of conditions have 'Hydrocortisone' or similar listed as a treatment in our database:

C

Canker sores ... hydrocortisone

L

Lupus ... hydrocortisone

S

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Hemolytic Anemia, Susceptibility to, 1 ... Hydrocortisone
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Nephritis, Susceptibility to, 1 ... Hydrocortisone
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Vitiligo, Susceptibility to, 1 ... Hydrocortisone
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 1 ... Hydrocortisone
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 10 ... Hydrocortisone
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 11 ... Hydrocortisone
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 12 ... Hydrocortisone
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 13 ... Hydrocortisone
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 2 ... Hydrocortisone
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 3 ... Hydrocortisone
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 4 ... Hydrocortisone
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 5 ... Hydrocortisone
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 6 ... Hydrocortisone
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 7 ... Hydrocortisone
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 8 ... Hydrocortisone
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 9 ... Hydrocortisone

U

Ulcerative colitis ... hydrocortisone

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